We survived. That may be the chief takeaway as we near the end of the first week of the month-long Orange Line shutdown. After all the buildup and hype – by the media and state officials –the shutdown hasn’t been all that bad so far. There was definitely inconvenience and some hiccups here and there, […]
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Baker announces 30-day Orange Line shutdown
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER announced Wednesday that the MBTA’s entire Orange Line will shut down for 30 days in order to accelerate repairs. It will be the longest shutdown of an entire line in MBTA history, and Baker said it will let the T do the amount of work in 30 days that would have taken […]
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Fire forces T to evacuate two trains
A FIRE ON the Orange Line prompted the MBTA to temporarily shut down service north of downtown on Friday afternoon and forced some passengers to walk along train tracks to safety. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said a “small fire” was reported on the tracks between Wellington Station, in Medford, and Malden Center around 3:10 p.m. […]
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After visit to derailment site, Baker changes course on MBTA
ONE NIGHT LAST week, Gov. Charlie Baker saw for himself the damage dealt to the Red Line’s signal system when a train went off the rails at the JFK/UMass Station and smashed into three sheds containing electrical equipment along the tracks. Baker said the visit, which he recalls happened at around 9 p.m. last Thursday, […]