Revision as of 23:01, 12 January 2025

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

MBTA Trunk

EDACS ProVoice trunk¹
System ID: DEC:33 HEX:21
Three Site Trunk
- American Tower Communications Tower, 141 Cabot St., Needham
- Industrial Tower, Granite Links, Quincy
- Wayne Alarm Tower, 424 Essex St., Lynn
FCC License WPMI460
MBTA Police Operate on separate UHF frequencies.

¹EDACS ProVoice requires a ProVoice compatible receiver.

Table of contents -
Contents 1 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 1.1 System Frequencies 1.2 System Talkgroups 1.2.1 Subway Operations 1.2.2 Bus Operations 1.2.3 Other/Unknown Talkgroups

Frequency	LCN	Mode/Notes	Confirmation
851.1750	01	Voice and CWID	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.2250	02	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.4250	03	Voice and CC	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.4750	04	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.9375	05	Voice and CC	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.9875	06	Voice	2024.01.17 W1KNE
852.1750	07	Voice	2023.01.02 W1KNE
852.2500	08	Voice and CC	2025.01.04 W1KNE
853.6625	09	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNE
853.7250	10	Voice and CC	2025.01.04 W1KNE
853.9000	11	Voice	2024.01.17 W1KNE
851.0625	12	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNE
851.4500	13	Voice	2024.01.17 W1KNE
851.9625	14	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNEE
853.9250	15	Voice	2025.01.04 W1KNE

Talkgroup (Decimal)	Talkgroup (AFS)	Use	Confirmation/Reconfirmation
273	02-021	Red Line Road Ops	2025.01.04 W1KNE
280	02-030	Red Line Cabot Yard	2025.01.04 W1KNE
289	02-041	Orange Line Road Ops	2025.01.04 W1KNE
296	02-050	Orange Line Wellington Yard	2025.01.04 W1KNE
305	02-061	Green Line Road Ops	2025.01.04 W1KNE
306	02-062	Green Line "D" branch - Inspector	2021.01.12 Disp617
312	02-070	Green Line Riverside Car-house	2025.01.04 W1KNE
315	02-073	Green Line Maintenance - Reservoir Yard	2025.01.04 W1KNE
316	02-074	Green Line - Inner Belt Yard	2025.01.07 MBTAfan (SNE Submitter)
321	02-081	Blue Line Road Ops	2025.01.04 W1KNE
322	02-082	Blue Line - Inspector	2021.01.12 Disp617
328	02-090	Blue Line Yard	2025.01.04 W1KNE
1091	08-083	Maintenance of Way - Signal Operators	2025.01.07 MBTAfan (SNE Submitter)

Talkgroup (Decimal)	Talkgroup (AFS)	Use	Notes	Confirmation/Reconfirmation
528	04-020	Buses Announcement (ATG)		2021.01.12 Disp617
529	04-021	Buses Southeast (South 1)	Bus Operations	2025.01.04 W1KNE
530	04-022	Buses Southwest (South 2)	Bus Operations	2025.01.04 W1KNE
531	04-023	Buses Northeast (North 1)	Bus Operations	2024.01.17 W1KNE
532	04-024	Buses Northwest (North 2)	Bus Operations	2025.01.04 W1KNE
533	04-025	Buses Central (Boston)		2025.01.04 W1KNE
534	04-026	Diversion Shuttles		2025.01.04 W1KNE
535	04-027	Buses - Inspectors South		2025.01.04 W1KNE
536	04-030	Buses - Inspectors North		2025.01.04 W1KNE
537	04-031	Buses - Inspectors Silver Line		2025.01.04 W1KNE
545	04-041	Bus Maintenance South		2025.01.04 W1KNE
546	04-042	Bus Maintenance North		2024.01.17 W1KNE
1047	08-027	Bus Maintenance Shop		2021.01.12 Disp617

Talkgroup (Decimal)	Talkgroup (AFS)	Use	Notes	Confirmation/Reconfirmation
304	02-060	Need to ID Use	Within range of Subway fleet.	2021.01.12 Disp617
310	02-066	Need to ID Use		2023.01.04 W1KNE
316	02-074	Need to ID Use		2025.01.04 W1KNE
551	04-047	Need to ID Use		2021.01.12 Disp617
561	04-054	Need to ID Use		2021.01.12 Disp617
1046	08-026	Need to ID Use		2025.01.04 W1KNE
1077	08-065	Possibly vehicle maintenance
1105	08-101	Radio Technicians		2023.01.03 W1KNE
1106	08-102	Unknown		2024.01.17 W1KNE
1108	08-104	Unknown		2024.01.17 W1KNE
1136	08-140	Need to ID Use		2021.01.12 Disp617

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 |-align="center"
 |315||02-073||Green Line Maintenance - Reservoir Yard ||||2025.01.04 W1KNE
+|-align="center"
+|316||02-074||Green Line - Inner Belt Yard||||2025.01.07 MBTAfan (SNE Submitter)
 |-align="center"
 |321||02-081||Blue Line Road Ops||||2025.01.04 W1KNE
@@ Line 93: / Line 95: @@
 |-align="center"
 |328||02-090||Blue Line Yard||||2025.01.04 W1KNE
+|-align="center"
+|1091||08-083||Maintenance of Way - Signal Operators||||2025.01.07 MBTAfan (SNE Submitter)
 |}