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The MBTA finally released its alternative transportation plan a week before the Orange Line is scheduled to shut down for 30 days, but it wasn’t met with much enthusiasm among transit professionals.
Orange Line service will be suspended from Forest Hills to Back Bay, and the suspension will be extended through North Station this weekend.
TThe MBTA's Orange Line will be closed between Wellington and Back Bay stations from Aug. 2-3, 9-10 and 23-24. Free shuttles ...
Passengers frustrated by Orange Line changes 03:03. BOSTON - The MBTA has released its plan for the Orange Line shutdown, The Rider's Guide to Planning Ahead, which offers alternative travel ...
Nearly one-third of average weekday trips, or 101,000, occur on the Orange Line, according to April 2022 data, compared to 122,000 on the Red Line, 85,000 on the Green Line, and 36,000 on the Blue ...
With just over a week left before the unprecedented 30-day closure of the entire Orange Line, the MBTA has still not finalized a transportation diversion plan for the more than 100,000 residents ...
Faced by public backlash, MBTA adds shuttles, foreign language flyers 04:16. BOSTON - In an MBTA reversal, there will be a shuttle bus stop in Chinatown during the Orange Line shutdown, and the ...
Despite sparse communication from the MBTA that has frustrated local mayors and town managers alike, we know by now that the Orange Line is going to be closed for 30 days starting on Friday.But what, ...
Local News MBTA says new Orange Line trains re-entering service; new Red Line train to return by ‘end of the year’ One by one, the shiny new cars are coming back on line.
The Orange Line closure prompted officials to roll out a travel plan to keep Greater Boston moving until the lines reopen Sept. 19. That plan calls for hundreds of shuttle buses, ...
With help from some large contractors, workers have completed close to 60 percent of planned maintenance and construction work about 18 days into the 30-day Orange Line shutdown.
As of Thursday morning, 112 Orange Line cars and 18 Red Line cars — less than one-third the contracted total — were in the T's hands. Without any changes, MBTA officials said the final ...