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The MBTA began seven days of subway stop suspensions along the Red Line on Monday, Aug. 19. The work will last through Sunday, Aug. 25. Accessible vans will also be available for on-demand ...
State House News Service. September 2, 2022 at 12:22 AM. The MBTA doesn't plan to shut down the Red Line from end to end, the agency's leader said Wednesday. ... creating serious safety problems ...
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The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light rail lines (the Green and Mattapan lines), and a five-line bus rapid transit system (the Silver Line); MBTA bus local and express service; the twelve-line MBTA Commuter Rail system, and several ferry routes.
The MBTA is in the process of replacing its entire fleet of Red Line and Orange Line cars, which are over 40 years old, as of 2024. [14] The Blue Line cars were replaced in 2008. The Green Line has a variety of vehicles, some dating back to 1986, with the latest batch delivered in 2019.
The second MBTA Red Line trainset entered service in January 2024, a few years after the first had entered operation in December 2020. [ 12 ] In late March of 2024, the state of Massachusetts and CRRC officials agreed to extend the company's deadline to deliver a total of 404 railway cars from the long-missed due dates of January 2022 and ...
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Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.