MBTA pulls new Orange Line trains out of service to fix "braking units" issue
The MBTA is pulling all new Orange Line trains out of service after one experienced a problem in its braking units.
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The MBTA is pulling all new Orange Line trains out of service after one experienced a problem in its braking units.
The MBTA said Monday that it can't say when new Orange and Red Line cars will be able to return to service, though it may know more next month.
The MBTA will continue using shuttle buses in replacement of Orange Line service between Oak Grove and Sullivan Square stations until April 11.
One of the MBTA's new Orange Line trains derailed in Medford on Tuesday, though no injuries were reported.
The new Orange Line trains have been taken out of service again.
Commuters who travel through Boston's South Station should get used to seeing construction crews.
The MBTA has taken its new Orange Line trains out of service again, this time over noise concerns.
The MBTA has been shutting down service to fix aging tracks and signals, and WBZ-TV got an up close look at the transformation.
There was no service on the MBTA Orange Line between Sullivan and Tufts Monday morning, leaving a lot of angry riders.
Transit police are searching for four men in connection with an attack that took place at an orange line station earlier this month.
As part of a major renovation project, part of the Orange Line will be closed for repairs during the weekend.
The T will close the line between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center at 8:45 p.m. Friday through Sunday for repairs the next six weekends.
The T hopes to have the repaired trains back on the tracks by Monday.
A fire on the Orange Line in Medford created chaos for commuters Friday afternoon.
Transit police detectives are investigating the incident.
A man is facing assault charges after police say he put on a mask, stared at a commuter, then punched him, knocking him onto the tracks at an Orange Line station.
Passengers on an MBTA Orange Line train joined together to help free a trapped woman.
Next month, the Chinese company tasked with building new Red and Orange Line cars to replace the MBTA's aging fleet will ship those cars to Boston from Shanghai.
Two employees for a contractor that provides customer service at MBTA stations were fired after they got into a physical confrontation with a blind man.
Busloads of passengers deal with the rain and delays on the MBTA on Saturday as five separate bus shuttles replace rail service.
A North Reading man was arrested after allegedly shouting on an Orange Line train that a Muslim woman had a bomb and was going to "kill us all."
It was the height of rush hour on the orange line Tuesday afternoon. That's when Transit Police saw two young men with backpacks and cellphones jump from the Chinatown platform and run into the tunnel toward Tufts Medical Center MBTA stop.
Gov. Charlie Baker paid a visit Tuesday morning to the MBTA's rail yard to see a mock-up of the new Red and Orange Line cars that will be joining the fleet over the next several years.
A father and daughter from Saugus were arrested Friday night after MBTA Transit Police said they drunkenly attacked an off-duty officer while using racial slurs against him.
Officials said the incident happened on a northbound Orange Line train at Community College station.
Legal expert Jennifer Roman said it's possible the prosecution rests its case this week in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
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