MBTA Orange Line trains reached a speed of 55 miles per hour for the first time this week, as the maximum speed limit for a portion of the track was bumped up. The previous maximum speed limit for the ...

August is almost here, and for Boston residents and commuters, with a new month comes new MBTA closures. According to a press release from MBTA, upcoming closures on the T will provide the system with ...

The connected signaling system will allow the agency to more easily maintain schedules and respond to service disruptions more quickly.

For the first time in the reckoning of the state’s transit agency, the Orange Line is now zipping along the track at a record-breaking 55 mph. According to the MBTA, the stretch of track between ...

A DIFFERENCE. HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THE T. A WELCOME CHANGE FOR COMMUTERS. SO I’M HEARING INCREASE IN SPEEDS. I’M VERY EXCITED. I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND YEAH, IT HASN’T ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wide stretch of the Orange Line between Downtown Boston and Jamaica Plain will be closed for more than a week beginning Saturday ...

The MBTA replaced train service on a section of the Orange Line with shuttle buses Thursday evening due to “flood conditions” near Ruggles station caused by a spring nor’easter, the agency said. Just ...

Regular service has resumed on the Orange Line between Back Bay and Jackson Square after a person jumped in front of a train, the MBTA transit police confirmed Wednesday.The person was taken to a ...