BOSTON — Work on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Orange Line, shut down since Aug. 19 to allow for major repairs, is two-thirds complete, General Manager Steve Poftak said Friday, with the project set to be completed on schedule.
“We have less than 10 days to go,” Poftak said, as reported by NBC Boston. “We are making good progress, and again, we are confident we will be reopening on the morning of Monday [Sept.] 19th.”
Two of six slow zones have been eliminated, Poftak said, with about 50% of planned rail replacement and 72% of planned track replacement complete.
Poftak also said the MBTA will have 60 of the Orange Line’s new rail cars, built in Massachusetts by an affiliate of Chinese manufacturer CRRC, in service when service resumes. Just 30 had been in operation prior to the shutdown.
