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Dorchester, Mattapan Lose Red Line Service Starting Saturday – Here’s What You Need to Know

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T Will Make Fairmount Free During Upcoming Red Line Closure In Dorchester

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Are We Feeling Safe Yet? Falling Utility Box at Harvard Station Contained Forgotten Homeland Security Surveillance Equipment

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How Red Line Track Defects Prompted Last Week’s Systemwide Slowdown on the T

MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack, wearing a blazer over a red top, stands next to Steve Poftak (center) wearing a suit and pink-and-blue plaid tie, and Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker, wearing a buttoned suit and green tie. All three are holding scissors and segments of a cut orange ribbon. They stand in front of a new Orange Line train car bearing the words "OAK GROVE" on the destination sign above the door.

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The T’s New Train Factory Has Gone Off the Rails

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Derailment Crunches Red Line Train At Broadway Station

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MBTA Board Updates: New Subway Cars Sidelined ‘Til May

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MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages

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