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The Orange Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south on the surface from Oak Grove station in Malden, Massachusetts through Malden and Medford, paralleling the Haverhill Line, then crosses the Mystic River on a bridge into Somerville, then into Charlestown.
CRRC MA notified MBTA officials in January 2023 they would not be able to deliver the remaining Orange and Red Line railcars by December 2023 and September 2026, respectively. [ 10 ] In August 2023, LA Metro received its first trainset of the 64-car order. [ 11 ]
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 Type 10 cars are 54% longer than the existing rolling stock of the Green Line, and will be equipped with new safety and accessibility features. The MBTA ordered 102 Type 10 cars in late 2022, at a cost of $810 million. The cars are expected to enter service in 2027, and will replace the Type 7 and Type 8 cars. The MBTA is marketing the Type ...
The Type 9 LRV is a class of low-floor light rail vehicles manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the MBTA Green Line.The fleet of 24 Type 9 cars was ordered in 2014 for the Green Line Extension project, and the first cars began service in 2018.
Mockup of a new Red Line car on display in August 2018. In October 2013, MassDOT announced plans for a $1.3 billion subway car order for the Orange and Red Lines, which would replace and expand the existing car fleets and add more frequent service. [145]
In 2008, the South Korean rolling stock company Hyundai Rotem won a $170 million contract to construct the MBTA's latest order for more bilevel cars. [4] The new order consisted of 47 BTC-4D cars, and 28 CTC-5 control cars, which were the first bilevel control cab cars to be put into service since the original CTC-4s in 1990.
On October 21, 2014, the MBTA submitted their recommendation of CNR Changchung Rail to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. [12] Construction of the new facility began in the fall of 2015. [13] The first new Orange Line train entered revenue service on August 14, 2019; [14] The facility will also build 45 bi-level cars for SEPTA.