MBTA to pay CRRC another $148 million for new cars
The total cost of the contract for the new Red and Orange Line cars is now more than $1 billion.
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The total cost of the contract for the new Red and Orange Line cars is now more than $1 billion.
What has caused the delay in new Red and Orange Line trains?
The unfinished MBTA cars mark the latest hiccup in a yearslong project plagued with delays and quality concerns.
When MGM Springfield was being built, a public relations person for the gaming giant called me after I wrote a story about security at the casino – not yet open – and asked me “Why do you hate MGM?”
The company making new Red and Orange Line cars has let quality management lapse, the T said in a recent letter. Read more on Boston.com.