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There are severe delays on the MBTA Red Line after a person was struck and killed by a train at Boston’s South Station on Wednesday, according to T officials. It’s believed the victim entered the tracks intentionally as a train was approaching, according to MBTA Transit Police Supt. Richard Sullivan. He was struck and died of his injuries. “On behalf...

Shuttle buses temporarily replaced service on two separate Green Line branches on Monday due to electrical and track issues. Shortly after 8 a.m., the MBTA said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that an issue with an overhead wire near Lechmere was causing delays on the Green Line E Branch. A short time later, they said the…

The MBTA was one of many victims of the global Crowdstrike IT outage Friday morning. While trains and buses kept running, the issue made a mess of the boards T uses to communicate with its riders. “You can’t miss the blue screen of death,” said Casey Kraft, who worried she would have a difficult time commuting to work on...

The tech outage affected IT across multiple industries, wreaking havoc on airlines as they issued ground stops while the issue was resolved. Meanwhile at the MBTA service continued, but the electronic signage used to track trains and busses went down. ...

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The MBTA will shut down Red Line service on the Braintree for 24 days in September as part of ongoing maintenance and improvement work across the system. Service will be suspended from JFK/UMass to Braintree from Sept. 6 through Sept. 29. During that time crews will conduct work on 18 miles of track that should eliminate 20 different slow zones…

Service changes are coming to the Green, Orange, Mattapan, Red and Haverhill lines next month, the MBTA said Wednesday. The T says the changes will happen in August as it continues “working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system.” Here are the changes coming to the T next month, as released by the MBTA: T officials say…

The MBTA’s long-promised contactless payment system is coming on Aug. 1, and T officials on Monday touted the new system’s potential to reduce the length of station stops and make it easier for passengers to pay their fares. Starting in August, riders will be able to use a contactless credit or debit card, phone with a mobile wallet or...

Police are looking for two people involved in the assault of a man and his young daughter on an MBTA Red Line train last week.

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Police are looking for two people involved in the assault of a man and his young daughter on an MBTA Red Line train last week. MBTA Transit Police shared images Friday of the pair involved in the attack — details on what happened weren’t shared — about 1 a.m. last Friday between the Downtown Crossing and Quincy Center stations. Anyone…

The overdose-reversal drug naloxone will be available to the public at five stations along the MBTA’s Red Line in the coming weeks as the agency is one of six transit systems participating in a White House initiative to combat opioid overdoses. Three freestanding and unalarmed cabinets each containing two doses of naloxone (or Narcan) will be available at six...

Tuesday was filled with successes and setbacks for the MBTA. The morning commute was hampered along the Red Line after a maintenance vehicle derailed, with shuttle buses brought in to help riders reach their destinations. Meanwhile, in Worcester, MBTA leadership was touting improvements to the historic Union Station’s middle platform. “The ability to accommodate two trains simultaneously will enhance...

No CharlieCard, no problem. Starting Aug. 1, MBTA riders will be able to tap a credit card or mobile wallet to pass through subway gates or board above-ground trolleys and buses, officials announced Tuesday. CharlieCards and paper tickets will still be sold and accepted, but commuters will gain additional options with the launch of so-called contactless payment. The change could…

Improvement projects are picking up steam, but riders were again frustrated Tuesday as a maintenance vehicle derailed on the Red Line.

More MBTA trouble Tuesday morning as commuters piled onto shuttle buses after a derailment along the Red Line. No injuries were reported and service has since resumed.

A newly released audit of the MBTA highlighted several shortfalls in the agency’s practices. The audit spanned a two-year period from January 2021 to December 2022, and focused on its safety and performance practices. The inspection found that the MBTA didn’t effectively manage its contract with customer service ambassadors, which resulted in a failure to train them on the...

MBTA officials say the agency will enjoy the “longest period of labor stability since the 1980s” now that collective bargaining agreements are in place with every single affiliated labor union at the T. The agency’s higher-ups and union bosses took a victory lap Wednesday after striking a deal with MBTA Plumbers, which they said represented the final collective bargaining...

The MBTA installed googly eyes on five of its trains, on the Green Line and the Commuter Rail, a spokesman confirmed.

 The next time you take the T, the train might be giving you the side eye — here’s why the MBTA added googly eyes to five of vehicles.

A ride on the MBTA Commuter Rail brings frustration and excitement for Congressman Seth Moulton. “Our trains are so old, decrepit and slow,” said Moulton, D-Mass. Beyond improving train cars and slow speeds, Moulton is championing a long-discussed public transit idea: connecting Boston’s North and South stations by rail. The North Shore’s member of Congress commissioned a study from...

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., has renewed a push to connect train service between Boston’s North and South stations, commissioning an analysis that puts a $7.9 billion price tag on the long-discussed public transit project.