MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains "within days"
The MBTA wants to bring the Red and Orange lines up to the speeds they were designed for and one official said it could ...
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Outsourced Procurement Keeps the MBTA’s Plans for New Electric Trains In the Dark
The MBTA's contractor argues that the "request for proposals" for new electric trains contains proprietary information that ...
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MBTA Aims to Accelerate Red and Orange Line Trains Amid Infrastructure Overhaul
MBTA aims to increase train speeds on Red and Orange lines, eyeing improvements following repairs and upgrades.
With slow zones conquered, MBTA is eyeing much faster speeds on the Red and Orange lines
Transit officials say the Red Line will be raised to 50 mph, as the Orange Line will move at 55. The post With slow zones ...
MBTA official says Red Line speed could soon increase to 50 mph, citing quality of track repair work
The head of the T's Maintenance of Way department told the agency’s board of directors that the track replacement work between the JFK and Braintree stations is of a high enough quality increase the ...
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MBTA wants trains to go faster on Red and Orange Lines
Some issues still emerge. MBTA Chief Safety Officer Timothy Lesniak told the T board about an incident that occurred Monday, when one Red Line train approaching Davis Station northbound could not ...
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MBTA wants trains to go up to 50 miles per hour on Red, Orange lines
With massive patches of slow zones now mostly repaired, MBTA officials have set their sights on pushing some subway speeds to ...
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Transit Briefs: MBTA, Bradley Airport Rail Link
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s South Coast Rail (SCR) project remains on track to open this spring. Also, a ...
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MA: MBTA repair schedule: When to expect closures from now through June
Portions of the MBTA will shut down for rare week-long periods between now and June, to go along with intermittent weekend ...
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MBTA Tells Riders to Expect Faster Speeds on Subways and Buses
The T aims to increase subway speeds on the Braintree branch of the Red Line to 50 mph within the next few days, and to 55 ...
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MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains “within days”
New MBTA speed limits MBTA General Manager ... so I really enjoy taking the train to work every day,” said Red Line rider Andria Sand. Last week, in her State of the Commonwealth address ...