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TONIGHT, FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS THE MBTA REVEALS A NEW $2.3 BILLION GREEN LINE EXTENSION HAS DEFECTIVE TRACKS. 50% OF THE UNION BRANCH REQUIRES REGAUGING AND 80% PLUS OR MINUS REQUIRES REGAUGING ON ...
It may be new, but the problems plaguing the MBTA's Green Line Extension are very old for long-time T riders. The agency announced Thursday new problems for the already troublesome section of the ...
MBTA officials have long said that they hoped the Green Line Extension into Somerville and Medford would be fully operational by December of 2021. For some riders, service is slated to begin a ...
BOSTON - The MBTA says a large portion of track on the Green Line Extension needs to be fixed because they are too narrow. General Manager Phillip Eng said 50% of the tracks on the Union Branch ...
MBTA General Manager Philip Eng made a stunning admission Thursday, telling reporters the Green Line extension is riddled with so many defects — far more than previously disclosed — that ...
The MBTA shut down train service on the entire Green Line Extension Friday afternoon and forced some riders to walk along the tracks after a problem with the overhead electrical system ...
The MBTA’s General Manager Phil Eng says problems with the new Green Line Extension are more extensive than first thought. The tracks’ prefabricated ties were built with the rail gauge too narrow and ...
For years, MBTA officials have aimed to complete the Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford by the end of 2021. But now, almost midway through the year, that target could be in doubt.
SOMERVILLE (CBS) – The first phase of MBTA's Green Line Extension is now open for riders. Union Square station in Somerville and a brand new Lechmere station in Cambridge both opened early ...
MBTA GM on where issue with new Green Line extension tracks may have come Two people with senior positions in the Green Line extension project were fired Thursday, a source tells 5 Investigates ...
The roughly $2.3 billion Green Line Extension project was completed last December, with a new branch that starts in Medford at the Tufts/College Avenue station and adds four stops in Somerville.
The news that the Somerville Green Line extension is facing a possible $1 billion cost overrun wasn't the only downer at Monday's meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board. Some or all ...