With slow zones conquered, MBTA is eyeing much faster speeds on the Red and Orange lines
Transit officials say the Red and Orange Lines will be restored to their original design speeds at 50 and 55 mph.
MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains "within days"
The MBTA wants to bring the Red and Orange lines up to the speeds they were designed for and one official said it could ...
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MBTA wants trains to go faster on Red and Orange Lines
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said that improvement is "right around the corner," and Jody Ray, the agency's senior director of maintenance of way, said it could happen "within days." Get top ...
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T wants Red Line to go faster miles an hour
T officials hinted Thursday that parts of the Red Line might soon be able to accommodate travel up to 50 miles per hour, a 10 mph increase over current levels that would bring the line closer to ...
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MBTA Tells Riders to Expect Faster Speeds on Subways and Buses
The T aims to increase subway speeds on the Braintree branch of the Red Line to 50 mph within the next few days, and to 55 ...
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Jody Ray
Jody Ray is a writer and multimedia journalist with work appearing in the BBC, The Daily Beast, Jacobin, New Humanist, Telegraph (UK), and other outlets. His interests include geopolitics, ...