Trouble on the T

Keeping up with the issues that have been affecting subway, commuter train and bus service across the Boston area, including train crashes, derailments and fires; escalator malfunctions; a federal investigation and more.
MBTA Nov 8

Healey thanks T workers, riders following work to eliminate Orange Line slow zones

With all of the slow zones having been lifted on the Orange Line, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll wanted to thank the MBTA and its riders. They joined state transportation of...

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    MBTA Oct 2

    MBTA GM apologizes for Green Line derailment: Shuttle buses still in place, NTSB investigating

    The cause of Tuesday’s Green Line derailment remains under investigation, and riders are expected to continue to experience its impacts. The derailed train remains derailed on the elevated track, and the National Transportation Safety Board is now running the investigation. Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip E...
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    MBTA Sep 23

    Power issue on Green Line has been resolved, T says

    A power issue on the Green Line early Monday morning has been resolved, according to the MBTA. Shuttle buses replaced service on the B, C and D branches of the MBTA’s Green Line for about an hour due to a power issue at Kenmore. The T announced the issue at 5:17 a.m. on X. They said shuttle buses were...

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    MBTA Jul 22

    It's not easy riding Green: Shuttle buses replace service on 2 MBTA branches Monday

    Shuttle buses temporarily replaced service on two separate Green Line branches on Monday due to electrical and track issues. Shortly after 8 a.m., the MBTA said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that an issue with an overhead wire near Lechmere was causing delays on the Green Line E Branch. A short time later, they said the…

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    MBTA Jun 3

    Delays reported on Green Line due to electrical issue

    Delays were reported on the MBTA’s Green Line on Monday afternoon due to an electrical issue. The issue was first reported shortly after 2 p.m., with shuttle buses replacing Green Line service between Kenmore and Government Center due to a train with a pantograph problem at Copley. A pantograph is a wire-like device that helps transmit electr...
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    MBTA May 29

    MBTA gets $67.6M in federal funds to improve Green Line accessibility

    MBTA officials will get tens of millions of new federal dollars to improve accessibility at above-ground Green Line stations. The Federal Transit Administration announced Tuesday it awarded $67.6 million to the T to assist with station platform work at more than a dozen stops on the Green Line’s B and C Branches. The agency awarded $343 milli...
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    MBTA May 21

    Service suspended on a stretch of the Green Line due to ‘switch problem'

    Service was suspended on a portion of the Green Line on Tuesday morning due to what the MBTA described as a “switch problem.” The issue was first reported by the MBTA shortly after 6 a.m. The transit agency said delays were being reported due to a signal issue at Arlington, and riders were urged to use the Orange Line for…
  • Workers fixing track on the MBTA Blue Line in East Boston.
    MBTA May 1

    One T subway line now has no slow zones

    There are now no slow zones on the entire length of one MBTA subway line, the transit agency announced Wednesday.

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    MBTA Apr 17

    Investigation underway after cart performing track work on MBTA's Blue Line derails

    An investigation is underway after a rail cart performing track work experienced a low-speed derailment at Orient Heights on the MBTA’s Blue Line on Wednesday morning. The derailment did not impact riders at the Blue Line station because planned track improvement work replaced train service with buses for the week, a T spokesperson said. Shut...
  • State officials and members of the press got a look at one of the new Orange Line cars Aug. 14, 2019, before the first new set of cars was launched into general service.
    MBTA Mar 28

    Price of new Red, Orange line trains balloons to over $1 billion

    A contract “reset” with the manufacturer of new Red and Orange Line trains would set the end of 2027 as the latest completion target for the maligned project, add up to $148 million in allowable costs, and forgive tens of millions of dollars more in penalties. After a year-long review of the T’s contract with CRRC, a team of advis...
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    Boston Mar 7

    ‘Beyond maddening': MBTA station escalator has been out of service almost 2 years

    For the people literally on the go inside Bowdoin Station on the Blue Line in Boston, it is notable what isn’t moving at all — an escalator. “It is beyond maddening,” said George Erickson, as he hobbled down a flight of stairs into the T station on Thursday. Erickson, returning from a doctor’s appointment at nearby Mas...
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    MBTA Mar 5

    Disabled train causes delays on Green Line Tuesday morning

    A disabled train caused delays on the MBTA’s Green Line on Tuesday morning. The MBTA first reported around 10 a.m. that delays of 10 minutes could be expected due to a disabled train near Boylston. They said trains might stand by at stations. About 15 minutes later, the T provided an update saying delays had increased to 20 minutes. The&#8230...
  • An MBTA rider is seen inset over two Green Line trains on a bridge in Boston amid delays Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
    MBTA Feb 15

    ‘Another day on the MBTA': How riders reacted to major T outage

    The major MBTA power outage Thursday made for a chaotic morning commute for some T riders as an issue at North Station impacted the Green, Orange and Blue lines. Commuters had to change plans on the fly; some had their commute times more than double — for Logan Smith, “it took an hour to take a 10-minute ride.” He was…

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    MBTA Feb 15

    Power failure knocks out 3 T lines during commute; ‘We apologize,' GM says

    A major power outage badly disrupted service on three MBTA lines during the morning commute Thursday, causing a blackout at at least one station. Riders were frustrated with the hourslong snafu on the MBTA’s Green, Blue and Orange lines. One person shared an image of an E Line train stopped at completely dark Haymarket Station, joking they fe...
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