RIGHT NOW: Watch an update from the MBTA on speed restrictions put in place last week on all subway and trolley lines, and which remain for the whole Green Line.
The acting head of the MBTA said Friday that he was"optimistic" that the last of the global speed restrictions placed on the T's subway and trolley lines last week can be lifted by Saturday morning.
Interim General Manager Jeff Gonneville is set to give an update at 3:30 p.m. It will be livestreamed on this page.Rail speeds were reduced on all T lines last Thursday based on findings by a Department of Public Utilities inspection on the Red Line earlier in the week. It found several issues that required immediate attention, including concerns with priority-one track conditions, electrical access boxes on the right of way and headlight operations within the tunnels, and missing or inconsistent documentation around which repairs were actually made.
The sudden announcement meant that trains on the entirety of all subway and trolley lines could only go up to 25 mph, and no faster than 10 mph around curves and on specialized stretches of track. Global speed restrictions were lifted the next day for the Red, Blue, and Orange lines, but they remained on the Green Line and —Riders have been frustrated Thursday and Friday by speed restrictions on the MBTA.
Riders have been warned to plan for additional travel time and longer headways on all subway and trolley lines, given that pockets of slow zones have remained.
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