Commuter alert: MBTA begins 15-day shutdown of major subway line. Here’s what riders need to know

The MBTA will replace the 130-year-old wooden overhead catenary wire trough in the Green Line tunnel — original to the late ...

MBTA sees strongest ridership numbers since pandemic

The MBTA is seeing its best ridership numbers since the pandemic, and its leadership is crediting increased service for the ...
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America's most reliable public transportation subway belongs to a thriving East Coast city

Reliable subway lines, stress-free airport connections, and commuter rail routes make this East Coast destination especially ...
WBUR

The MBTA prepares to put subway slow zones in the rearview mirror

A 13-month plan to rid the MBTA subway of track-related speed restrictions is expected to wrap up Friday. Leaders at the transit authority said once crews finish repair work on the final service ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

All speed restrictions removed from MBTA Green Line

After more than a year of track work across the MBTA system, the final long-term speed restrictions were removed when a section of the Green Line reopened on Saturday. Friday was the final day of the ...
Yahoo

Here are July’s scheduled MBTA and Commuter Rail shutdowns, and how to navigate them

The MBTA will partially close two of its key subway lines and direct riders to shuttle buses on select weekends in July as it performs essential maintenance work, authorities said. The closures will ...
GBH

‘Much, much better’: Disabled MBTA riders see a new T 20 years after suing for change

Plaintiffs took the Boston-area transit authority to court decades ago. Now, the MBTA has met nearly all of the settlement’s ...

MBTA reports higher than expected fare revenues to start the fiscal year

The gratitude seems justified: the MBTA announced this week that it brought in $8 million more in fares than it expected to ...
WBJournal

MBTA takes another shot at late-night routes for subway, buses

Last call on the MBTA is about to get a little later. Nine years after pulling the plug on a prior weekend late-night service program, the MBTA this month will begin running all subways and several ...
The Boston Globe

Announcements on MBTA trains can be wildly inconsistent. For some, it’s more than a minor inconvenience.

A Red Line train rolled north out of Braintree Station at around 12:50 p.m. on Aug. 20. Soon after the train’s departure, the public announcement system came to life: “Next stop, Braintree,” the ...

MBTA riders warned of delays after multiple disabled trains reported on Red Line

Riders of the MBTA’s Red Line are facing delays at several points along the heavily traveled subway route. Disabled trains have been reported on the Red Line’s Braintree Branch and at JFK/UMass, ...
The Patriot Ledger

'Not something of defiance': Milton tells state it wants to zone for fewer apartments

The town of Milton is refusing to comply with a state deadline to submit an action plan for the MBTA Communities Act. Milton officials argue that the town is wrongly classified as a "rapid transit ...