MBTA Red Line Now Free of ‘Slow Zones’

Recent work on the Boston-area rail line is making service on the aging system faster and more reliable.

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November 27, 2024, 7:00 AM PST

By Diana Ionescu @aworkoffiction


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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)’s Red Line is free of ‘slow zones’ for the first time in over 20 years, according to an article in Mass Transit. 

The agency completed work on parts of the Red Line track, allowing trains to travel at full speed across the entire line. “Service was suspended between Harvard and Broadway the evening of Nov. 17 through Nov. 23 and between Harvard and JFK/UMass on Nov. 24, to allow maintenance crews to get the job done efficiently as part of the Track Improvement Program. Workers also maximized the outage by performing signal upgrades, security enhancements, station amenity upgrades and more.” Maintenance crews replaced 2,230 feet of rail, resurfaced and tamped 13,800 feet of track, and made repairs to stairways, tunnels, signals, and other infrastructure.

The agency says work that remains to be done on the Green Line next month will make the entire system slow zone-free.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in Mass Transit

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