After 15 years, the Orange Line is finally whizzing along again
It took nearly fifteen years — a period that has seen 12 different general managers at the helm of the MBTA, now led by Phil ...
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The MBTA says Orange Line slow-downs are over after 15 years
Riders can now expect a faster commute when boarding the MBTA Orange Line. T General Manager Phil Eng on Friday declared that ...
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Transit advocates, state officials celebrate Orange Line getting back to full speed
When the MBTA announced its Track Improvement Plan last year, the Orange Line had 44 slow zones in place. The agency ...
Healey thanks T workers, riders following work to eliminate Orange Line slow zones
With all of the slow zones having been lifted on the Orange Line, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll ...
Several MBTA lines slated for maintenance closures in November
The MBTA will close multiple train lines for stints of work during November as it drives to meet a long-sought benchmark of ...
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Here are the MBTA service changes for December
The latest round of MBTA train and bus service changes was announced Thursday, including a nearly monthlong closure of the Green and Orange lines in downtown Boston. The announcement comes as the ...
Governor, MBTA celebrate elimination of Orange Line slow zones
Recent work and service suspensions allowed crews unencumbered access to track areas, and crews were able to all remaining speed restrictions. Following that work, the Orange Line is now completely ...
MBTA's Orange Line now speed restriction free for first time in nearly 15 years
A service suspension last month allowed for unencumbered access to track areas, and crews were able to lift nine speed ...
What to know about the Green Line closures starting today
The Commuter Rail will be free to ride between ... Alewife and Harvard stations in February, as will Orange Line service ...
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Orange Line gets back to full speed after 15 years of restrictions
“That will be the first time the Orange Line is restriction free in 15 years,” MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said during an ...
After shutdowns, MBTA Orange Line now free of slow zones for first time since 2010
The work removed nine speed restrictions from the line. Crews replaced 17,500 feet of rail and 2,600 ties along the Orange ...
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Orange Line now without slow zones for the first time in 15 years, MBTA says
He offered one recent closure as an example: Where the 30-day Orange Line shutdown in 2022 only replaced 6,000 linear feet of rail, September’s 24-day Red Line shutdown managed to replace nearly ...