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MBTA Adds More Bus, Subway Service With Winter Schedule Updates
The MBTA's winter schedule updates will deliver a 3 percent increase in bus service and shorter waits between trains on three subway lines starting on Sunday, December 14th.
December 2, 2025
Green Line Extension Takes a 2-Week Break for the Final Subway Shutdown of 2024
The MBTA is suspending Green Line service between between Park Street and Union Square and Medford/Tufts for two weeks from Friday, December 6th to Friday, December 20 to repair the last remaining slow zones on the Green Line, and the last slow zones identified in the MBTA’s Track Improvement Program.
December 5, 2024
T Things to Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving
It’s the season of thanks, and here in Massachusetts public transit, there is much to be thankful for. As someone who watches their TrainTrakr with remorse at how few trains have been on the move recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see a fully-lit board this morning.
November 27, 2024
MBTA Eliminates Slow Zones From the Red Line
Following a week-long interruption of service on the region's busiest subway line, the MBTA reopened the Red Line this morning with subways running at full speed, without any speed restrictions, for the first time in years.
November 25, 2024
