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Eastie Times, 4/3/24:

 

 

   Shuttle Buses To Replace Blue Line for Critical Track Work Latter Half of April: Evening Blue Line Service Also Suspended Between Bowdoin and Orient Heights Each Day From April 9–11  

 

 

Following up on the previous announcement on March 15, the MBTA is today reminding riders that Blue Line service will be suspended between Maverick and Wonderland for three days from April 17-19 and between Airport and Wonderland for nine days from April 20-28. Evening Blue Line service will also be suspended between Bowdoin and Orient Heights each day from April 9-11.

 

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Trains News Wire

 

MBTA maintenance removes all Blue Line speed restrictions

 

By Trains Staff | May 2, 2024

 

Overall number of restrictions on rail transit network dips below 100 for first time in more than a year

 

Crews replace rail and ties at the Blue Line’s Wood Island station. MBTA Customer and Employee Experience Department

 

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has eliminated all speed restrictions from the rapid-transit Blue Line as a result of a maintenance shutdown that concluded on Tuesday, April 30, the agency announced Wednesday.

 

A total of 19 speed restrictions were eliminated over a 5-mile stretch of the Blue Line during work that began April 17 and was extended two additional days to allow for completion of all the planned work [see “MBTA extends current Blue Line closure,” Trains News Wire, April 26, 2024]. Removal of those restrictions has cut travel time by more than 3 minutes, and has cut the number of restrictions across the MBTA rail transit network below 100 for the first time since March 2023.

 

 

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Railway Track and Structures, 5/2/24

 

MBTA’s Blue Line Restriction-Free After ‘Critical’ Track Work

 

BOSTON – The MBTA has removed 19 speed restrictions after critical track work on its Blue Line.

 

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Blue Line is now restriction-free. In April, five contractor groups worked with over 200 workers in areas including track maintenance, signals, power, facilities, capital, and logistics forces. A list of speed restrictions that were removed can be found here.

 

 

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