Red Line branch’s maximum speed increasing to 50 mph, MBTA says
The MBTA announced that the Braintree branch of the Red Line will be increasing speeds as a result of the Track Improvement ...
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MBTA officials announce speed increase on red line service
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced there will be a 10 mile-per-hour (MPH) increase from 40 to 50 MPH on parts<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
MBTA wants trains to go up to 50 miles per hour on Red, Orange lines
With massive patches of slow zones now mostly repaired, MBTA officials have set their sights on pushing some subway speeds 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 ...
MBTA announces slew of service changes for February. Will your commute be affected?
The MBTA announced on Wednesday a slew of service changes on the Orange, Green, Red, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill ...
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MBTA Red Line is now without slow zones for the first time in at least 20 years
The MBTA's Red Line, spanning from Braintree to Cambridge, has resumed full service following track work that has removed the last slow zones on the rapid transit line. Monday marks the first time ...
MBTA repair schedule: When to expect closures from now through June
Portions of the MBTA will shut down for rare week-long periods between now and June for repairs. The agency also has some ...
Red Line work could mess with two of your weekends. What we know
Service on the southern portion of the Red Line will be suspended for two weekends in February, according to the MBTA. Don't ...
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Upcoming MBTA closures, including this weekend, will impact the Orange Line, Red Line, and commuter rail riders
The MBTA cited signal upgrades ... On the Red Line, closures are planned between JFK/UMass and Braintree from Jan. 25-26, between Ashmont and JFK/UMass from March 29-April 6, and between Alewife ...
MBTA official says Red Line speed could soon increase to 50 mph, citing quality of track repair work
The head of the T's Maintenance of Way department told the agency’s board of directors that the track replacement work between the JFK and Braintree stations is of a high enough quality increase the ...
The Red Line never tasted this good
What’s better than a slow-zone-free T? A slow-zone-free T food crawl. Our latest tour stop: The Red Line’s Braintree branch.
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The MBTA is slow zone free. How much faster are trains running?
To see the MBTA’s turnaround plain as day ... On the Red Line’s Braintree branch, round-trip travel is nearly 35% faster heading south — down from an hour and 18 minutes to about 52 minutes ...