MBTA to shrink some Red Line trains to retire older cars, improve service, officials say
Officials say as a shorter train car is approaching the station, a message will be broadcast to let riders know the train ...
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MBTA looking to run shorter trains on red line
The MBTA (T) is looking to run trains with four cars instead of six on the red line, allowing for increased<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
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MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains "within days"
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said they're going to restore the two lines to their originally designed speeds. For the Red Line that's 50 miles per hour, a 10 mile per hour increase from the ...
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Red Line branch’s maximum speed increasing to 50 mph, MBTA says
The Red Line’s Braintree branch will soon increase its speed from 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour where feasible, the MBTA announced Monday. The Red Line branch’s speed restorations are ...
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With slow zones conquered, MBTA is eyeing much faster speeds on the Red and Orange lines
Transit officials say the Red and Orange lines will be restored to their original design speeds as the MBTA works to remove ... In the next week or two, the Red Line’s speed will be raised ...
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MBTA repair schedule: When to expect closures from now through June
The same section of the Red Line will be closed again for two weekends in February — Feb. 8-9 and Feb. 22-23. The MBTA also anticipates closing the Red Line from Ashmont to JFK/UMass from April ...
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MBTA collision highlights delay in Green Line safety system
Federal regulators first recommended an anti-collision system for the MBTA's Green Line in 2009 but Sunday's crash between two trolleys at East Somerville Station is a reminder that the system is ...
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MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains “within days”
New MBTA speed limits MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said they’re going to restore the two lines to their originally designed speeds. For the Red Line that’s 50 miles per hour, a 10 mile per ...
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How much of a difference did the MBTA shutdowns really make? A new analysis breaks down the data.
For more than a year, MBTA riders begrudgingly endured shutdown ... it’s those who take the Red Line. Those same passengers also endured some of the more testing diversions last year, including ...