By adamg on Sat., 6/15/2019 - 11:24 am
Nikki T watched as one of the brand spankin' new Orange Line trains barreled through Green Street station this morning. It didn't stop to let anyone enjoy that new-train odor, of course - it was just on a test run getting ready, we hear, for actual service later this summer.
New Orange Line in the wild at Green Street. Didn’t stop to let anyone on, though @MBTA @universalhub pic.twitter.com/iKGZ7pEczM
— Nikki T (@elvisthecat66) June 15, 2019
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A brand new train out of
By anon
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 11:28am
A brand new train out of service? How is this any different than the current ones?
/joking
Shiny Trains in Crumbling Stations
By anon
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 1:55pm
The T in 2020
New Orange line trains
By Steph
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 2:11pm
There was a new train at Wellington off and on a lot last summer. It appeared to have sand bags in it.
The sand bags ...
By adamg
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 5:57pm
Were to simulate the weight of passengers.
Any betting pools on these trains?
By Boston_res
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 12:42pm
I'd wager a few dollars that these trains breakdown, or have systematic delays, just the same and the old trains. New trains on an old system are at the mercy of the old, and weakly maintained, system.
The thing to remember is
By Waquiot
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 1:15pm
What your last sentence says. That means that things could improve, since dead trains eventually will not be an issue (knock on the wood like thing that is the paneling on the old trains,) but that will leave issues with signals, switches, tracks, and electrical supply.
Signal upgrades scheduled for 2022
By JonT
Mon, 06/17/2019 - 12:26pm
https://www.mbta.com/projects/red-and-orange-line-...
Well, yeah
By Waquiot
Mon, 06/17/2019 - 4:02pm
And when the likes of Tory Bullock gets all pissy when sections of the Red and Orange Line are replaced by buses on weekends, I will ask they when the work should take place.
However, until work begins, I think the signal gripes are valid.
At Forest Hills
By adamg
Sat, 06/15/2019 - 5:56pm
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