BOSTON — Five days of service suspensions for maintenance work on the Red Line have resulted in the removal of five speed restrictions, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has announced, leaving just four slow orders on the entire MBTA rail transit system.
Service was shut down between Broadway and North Quincy Nov. 5-10, as well as between Broadway and Ashmont Nov. 9-10. During that time, work crews replaced more than 9,500 feet of rail, 26 ties, 143 switch timbers, and 260 plates; resurfaced and tampd approximately 7,900 feet of track, and completed special trackwork repairs. A number of signal upgrades, station repairs and enhancements, inspections, and related work also took place.
As of Nov. 12, two restrictions remain on the Red Line and there are two on the Green Line; in total, the four restrictions cover seven-tenths of a mile. This is down from 143 restrictions covering 22.1 miles on Jan. 1, according to the MBTA’s Speed Restrictions Dashboard.
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