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MBTA EDACS System

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MBTA Trunk

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System Details

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  • EDACS ProVoice trunk1
  • System ID: DEC:33 HEX:21
  • Three Site Trunk (Simulcast)
    • American Tower Communications Tower, Needham (141 Cabot St.)
    • Industrial Tower, Granite Links, Quincy (175 Quarry Hills Dr.)
    • Wayne Alarm Tower, Lynn (424 Essex St.)
  • FCC License WPMI460
  • MBTA Commuter Rail operate on separate VHF Frequencies.
  • MBTA Police Operate on separate UHF frequencies.

1EDACS ProVoice requires a ProVoice compatible receiver.

System Frequencies

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Frequency LCN Mode
851.1750 1 Voice & CC
851.2250 2 Voice
851.4250 3 Voice & CC
851.4750 4 Voice
851.9375 5 Voice & CC
851.9875 6 Voice
852.1750 7 Voice
852.2500 8 Voice & CC
853.6625 9 Voice
853.7250 10 Voice & CC
853.9000 11 Voice
851.0625 12 Voice
851.4500 13 Voice
851.9625 14 Voice
853.9250 15 Voice

System Talkgroups

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TGID (DEC) TGID (AFS) Name Use Notes
273 02-021 RED DISP Red Line Dispatcher
274 RED INSP Red Line Inspectors
280 02-030 CAB YARD Cabot Yard
283 CAD YARD Caddigan Yard
284 COD Yard Codman Yard
289 02-041 ORG DISP Orange Line Dispatcher
296 02-050 ORG YARD Wellington Yard
305 02-061 GRN DISP Green Line Dispatcher
312 02-070 RIV YARD Riverside Yard
315 02-073 RES YARD Reservoir Yard
316 02-074 IN BELT Inner Belt Yard
317 02-075 GRN TA Green Line Transit Ambassadors
321 02-081 BLU DISP Blue Line Dispatcher
328 02-090 BLU YARD Orient Heights Yard
1091 08-083 MOW Maintenance of Way
1092 08-084 MOW Maintenance of Way
528 04-020 BUS ATG Buses Announcement
529 04-021 BUS S. 1 Buses Southeast
530 04-022 BUS S. 2 Buses Southwest
531 04-023 BUS N. 1 Buses Northeast
532 04-024 BUS N. 2 Buses Northwest
533 04-025 BUS CENT Buses Central
534 04-026 BUS SHTL Diversion Shuttles
535 04-027 INSP N. Buses - Inspectors South
536 04-030 INSP S. Buses - Inspectors North
537 04-031 INSP SL. Buses - Inspectors Silver Line
545 04-041 MAINT S Bus Maintenance South
546 04-042 MAINT N Bus Maintenance North

Radio IDs

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Radio ID Use
101 Bus Dispatch Desk 1
102 Bus Dispatch Desk 2
103 Bus Dispatch Desk 3
104 Bus Dispatch Desk 4
105 Bus Dispatch Desk 5
106 Bus Dispatch Desk
110 Red Line Dispatch
113 Blue / Orange Line Dispatch
114 Orange Line Dispatch
115 Red Line Dispatch
117 Red Line Dispatch
118 Light Rail Dispatch
119 Light Rail Dispatch
120 Light Rail Dispatch
1+Vehicle Number Bus Radio IDs
2+Vehicle Number Railcar Radio IDs