The MBTA reports the first of the new Red Line cars arrived at the T's Cabot Yard in South Boston yesterday.
These "pilot" cars, which came from a CRRC factory in China, will now undergo months of testing, at first on the re-assembled Track 61 towards the Seaport before they might show up on actual Red Line tracks for more testing before even more cars arrive for more testing and, finally, actual service. The T hopes to replace the entire superannuated Red Line fleet by the end of 2023 - with the cars assembled in CRRC's factory in Springfield.
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Forgive me
By Michael
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 9:41am
...if I don't hold my breath until the day when I actually get to board one of these
And hope...
By Stevil
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 9:50am
That the doors work when you finally do board one.
Non-working doors...
By ScottB
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:35pm
Are a feature. Otherwise riders would get confused by the difference from the current fleet and its non-working doors.
$$$
By Stevil
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 1:14pm
Do we pay extra for that?
Unless one of the cars contains the 53,000 missing RMV docs
By anon
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 1:46pm
I could care less. Nobody is being held accountable at Mass transport. That should be the leading T news story each and every day until Baker changes his tune. When there's a major accident on the T, which is just a matter of time given the circumstances, Poftak will be fired, Pollack & Gov will claim they didn't know about the situation, and Grant Thornton will be hired by Pollack & Gov to try to exonerate Pollack & Gov. These are dangerous times in Boston
These are too good for the
By Townie Trash
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 11:36pm
These are too good for the likes of us, the 40 yr old re painted bluebird are ours 4 evah.
If we don't complain loudly
By anon
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 1:06pm
If we don't complain loudly about the incessant beeping the whole time the doors are open, we're going to get stuck with it for the next 50 years.
Vandals delight
By anon
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 3:39pm
Hope the MBTA has a security plan in place to make sure their new trains are safe from vandals.
They look ravishing.
By anon
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 6:14am
They look ravishing.
Yawn
By MissDee0201
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 7:02am
And exactly when are the fares going to hike astronomically for the same shitty service?
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