Orange Line
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100,000 Riders In the Lurch: MBTA Will Shut Down Entire Orange Line For 30 Days Starting August 19
The closure will shut down the entire Orange Line at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 19, and service won't resume until 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19.
August 2, 2022
Slower Than Walking: Downtown Gridlock Bogs Down the T’s Subway Replacement Shuttles
On the first full day of an emergency shutdown of the central portions of the Orange and Green lines, thousands of subway passengers endured long lines for shuttle buses and excruciatingly slow trips between North Station and Government Center.
June 24, 2022
MBTA Closes Downtown Segments of Orange, Green Lines
UPDATE: The MBTA announced on Sunday evening that the Haymarket subway tunnels have reopened and Orange and Green line service has resumed.
June 23, 2022
T Sidelines New Orange Line Trains As Service Cuts Take Effect
Since the T's subway service cuts took effect on Monday, there have been zero new trains running on the Orange or Red Lines.
June 21, 2022
A Roundup of Holdups
Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.
November 5, 2021
Derailment Crunches Red Line Train At Broadway Station
The vehicle that derailed, identified as car number 01745, has been in service since the late 1980s.
September 28, 2021
MBTA Board Updates: New Subway Cars Sidelined ‘Til May
New Orange and Red Line trains "will remain out of service for at least another 3 weeks," according to the MBTA's Deputy General Manager Jeff Gonneville.
April 12, 2021
Pandemic Adds to Delays for New Orange and Red Line Cars
The new Orange and Red Line cars are a key element in the T's ambitions to reduce crowding on its two busiest subway lines.
May 15, 2020
MBTA Board Update: More Bolster Banes on New Orange Trains
New Orange Line Cars will be out of service indefinitely while their manufacturer addresses more issues with a component on the trains' wheel assemblies..
March 10, 2020
MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages
Today's meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker's new budget proposal.
January 28, 2020
