After reopening the core of its Orange Line subway Friday following a nine-day closure for repairs, the MBTA says it’s made “significant progress” in eliminating delays caused by track in disrepair.
With ancient Red Line trains and not enough Orange Line trains causing reliability problems, MBTA officials opted to accelerate deliveries.
A slew of recent good news coming out of the MBTA should give the state’s business leaders confidence the agency is on the mend. But huge challenges still loom that need immediate attention.
Orange Line riders should expect slow commutes with gaps of about 15 minutes between trains after the MBTA pulled nine cars from service because of unexpected “electrical arcing,” the agency announced Friday.
Were you hoping that enjoying a cup of coffee and perhaps a slice of pie inside a former Orange Line train might exorcise all those memories of inexplicable delays and unidentifiable odors? You’re probably out of luck.
The outlook for the already-delayed transition to entirely new Orange and Red Line fleets continues to grow worse.
Nine days into an unprecedented 30-day shutdown of one of its major subway lines, the MBTA says it’s already completed 37 percent of the work it set out to complete.
It’s crunch time for the T, and pain time for Orange Line riders.
Tens of thousands of Boston-area commuters who will have their trips upended for a month by an imminent MBTA shutdown could get a clearer look at available travel alternatives on Friday.
It’s ironic the Baker administration’s chosen approach to the much-needed Orange Line shutdown seems destined to further erode the same public trust in the T it was supposed to repair.
The MBTA will venture into uncharted territory with a newly announced month-long shutdown of the Orange Line, and the unprecedented step might not be the last of its kind.
With the MBTA planning to shut down its entire Orange Line subway to conduct a range of safety repairs and upgrades, the 101,000 people who take the line every day will need to use different ways to get to work.
The upcoming shutdown of the entire MBTA Orange Line will also prompt work to phase out some of the oldest subway cars in service, officials announced Wednesday.
A prominent transit advocate is questioning the MBTA’s plans to shut down one of its busiest subway lines for a month starting in a little over two weeks to carry out a backlog of repairs.
A Better City, which advocates for transportation and city planning policies, said Thursday that Gov. Charlie Baker should name a safety expert and a team of helpers who would report directly to him and take charge of implementing federal inspectors safety directives at the MBTA.
The reduced subway frequencies and crowding that business leaders say is helping keep workers away from downtown offices might not go away until next year, one MBTA overseers fears.
Riders are once again able to traverse downtown Boston on the MBTA’s Green and Orange lines after the agency’s engineers on Sunday evening declared tunnels safe for subway travel, capping off days of upheaval for the already-troubled agency.
The MBTA plans to slash subway service dramatically starting June 20 until it can hire enough dispatchers to resume normal service in line with Federal Transit Agency safety directives.
A command center where some train dispatchers get only four hours off after 20-hour shifts. Hundreds of workers with lapsed safety certifications. Tracks dangerously unmaintained. Federal officials are forcing the T to immediately fix these issues and more.
Six of the T’s new Orange Line cars, representing enough for one full train set, will remain out of service after the MBTA found they each had a small number of bolts improperly installed, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said Thursday.
