Trouble on the T

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...

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…

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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…

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...

The Federal Transit Administration believes “that the MBTA has started to turn the corner in terms of safety culture,” a top T official said Thursday. Chief of Quality, Compliance and Oversight Meredith Sandberg said she met on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. with FTA officials who were happy with the T’s progress related to saf...

The most recent stretch of MBTA safety problems involved passengers and bags getting stuck in train doors and another “near miss” on the Green Line, officials said Thursday. On Jan. 1, a passenger’s leg became caught in a closing Green Line door at the Medford/Tufts station, according to a presentation MBTA Chief Safety Officer Ti...

A burst of new hiring and worse-than-projected ridership deepened the MBTA’s financial woes and officials project the agency will need to navigate a sizable budget gap in the upcoming cycle. MBTA higher-ups rolled out new financial estimates Friday that widened the gap between revenues and projected spending, which could set the scene for ren...

Train service in Boston was heavily disrupted Tuesday morning on both the MBTA’s Red and Orange lines following reports of smoke at Downtown Crossing. Shuttle buses replaced Red Line and Orange Line service at more than a dozen stops in the area on Tuesday morning. Stretches of the Green Line in the same area were also offline for a...