By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
May 27, 2021
Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
With ridership creeping up to its highest levels since the pandemic began, the MBTA will boost frequency on its subway system and more than two dozen bus routes next month, officials announced on Monday.
A new summer schedule that takes effect on June 20 will run Red, Orange, and Blue Line trains at close to the same frequency they did in the winter before a package of unpopular service cuts hit, plus deploy more Green Line trolleys on the C, D, and E branches.
During peak travel time, riders should expect headways between trains of five minutes on the main center “trunk” of the Red Line, down from 5.5 minutes this spring; 10 minutes on the Red Line’s “branches” after it splits to toward either Ashmont or Quincy; seven minutes on the Orange Line, down from eight minutes; five minutes on the Blue Line, down from 5.5 minutes; and anywhere from 7.3 to 8.5 minutes on each of t
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Massachusetts’ New Chinese-Made Subway Cars Malfunction for the Fourth Time
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A recent investigation into Massachusetts’ New Red and Orange Line cars made by a Chinese rail company found “something acting abnormally” within their truck frames. It was the fourth time since August 2019 that a malfunction was identified in the new cars.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s new Red and Orange Line cars are assembled in Springfield by the Chinese state-owned company CRRC. The company is under contract to deliver 252 Red Line cars and 152 Orange Line cars to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) over the next few years. The first fleet of six new Orange Line cars went into service in August 2019.