MBTA, Orange Line

After shutdowns, MBTA Orange Line now free of slow zones for first time since 2010
The MBTA’s Orange Line, which runs from Jamaica Plain in Boston to Malden, is free of slow zones for the first time in more than a decade, the transit agency announced Monday. The announcement from the T comes after stretches of the line were shuttered ...
Latest MBTA track work clears final Orange Line speed restrictions
The rapid transit Orange Line is free of speed restrictions for the first time in 15 years as the result of maintenance work completed on Nov. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority reports.
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 restrictions.
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 appearance at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday.
MBTA Orange Line project eliminates 20 speed restrictions
A 13-day suspension of service for maintenance on a portion of the Orange Line led to the lifting of 20 speed restrictions, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has announced. The ongoing, year-long Track Improvement Program has now reduced the amount of the MBTA rail transit system under speed restrictions to 1.
Orange Line now without slow zones for the first time in 15 years, MBTA says
The MBTA's campaign to eliminate speed restrictions is “a commitment to not only rebuilding our infrastructure today, but making sure that we maintain that system,” General Manager Phil Eng said. The post Orange Line now without slow zones for the first time in 15 years,
Video shows 84-year-old falling on MBTA escalator. She says elevator was out of service.
An 84-year-old woman says she is still in excruciating pain more than two weeks after she fell on an MBTA escalator​.
Woman stabbed near Orange Line station Monday afternoon
The woman's injuries were not life-threatening, and police had not made any arrests as of Tuesday morning. The post Woman stabbed near Orange Line station Monday afternoon appeared first on Boston.com ...
Completion of Orange Line project is milestone for MBTA's track repair effort
If everything went according to plan, it will be the first time the Orange Line is restriction-free in 15 years.
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 ...
Get a sneak peek of the MBTA’s new Green Line trolley at City Hall Plaza
A full-scale mockup of the new Green Line trolley will be accessible Tuesday and Wednesday and MBTA staff will be on hand to ...