MBTA Opens New North Wilmington Station
WILMINGTON, Mass. – The MBTA will open its North Wilmington Station on June 30th on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line.
WILMINGTON, Mass. – The MBTA will open its North Wilmington Station on June 30th on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line.
ATLANTA – The annual Top Projects awards for 2025 have been selected and featured in the June 2025 issue of Railway Track & Structures.
BOSTON – 5 MBTA workers, both current and former, have been charged with falsification of Red Line track inspection records.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Worcester Union Station Accessibility Improvements Project has won the 2025 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Recognition Award and the ACEC/Massachusetts Engineering Excellence Award.
BOSTON – Walpole Station opened March 31, 2025 following upgrades to make the station more accessible.
Boston — [This week], State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s Office released an audit report of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – Keolis Contract, reviewing the period from June 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023.
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The commuter rail station in Wellesley, Massachusetts will open on February 17th. This is Wellesley’s first accessible commuter rail location.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced its construction schedule for the first half of 2025.
BOSTON – The MBTA has released a draft of its Environmental Assessment (EA) for the North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement Project.
BOSTON – After track work on the Red Line, the MBTA reports the line has no speed restrictions for the first time in twenty years.
NEWTON, Mass. – Newtonville Station will be the first fully accessible MBTA station for Newton, Massachusetts.
BOSTON – The MBTA has completed track work on its Red Line, and, as a result, it has removed five ‘critical’ speed restrictions.
BOSTON – With the completion of this ‘critical’ track work by the MBTA, the passenger authority reports this is the first time in almost 15 years the Orange Line is restriction free.
BOSTON – The MBTA has announced its Green Line service between North Station and Union Square and between North Station and Medford/Tufts has resumed after a derailment on October 1st.
BOSTON – $472 million was awarded from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the North Station Draw One Bridge.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced the Winchester Center Station on its Lowell Commuter Rail Line will partially reopen on September 30th.
BOSTON – The MBTA will install a construction vehicle access tunnel as a way to improve Red Line service.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced the Dorchester Avenue Bridge will open at 4:00am on September 23, 2024.
BOSTON – From August 19th to August 26th, crews continued work on the MBTA’s Red Line and were able to remove six speed restrictions as a result.
BOSTON – Throughout the month of September, the MBTA will suspend service on its Red Line as well as the Kingston, Middleborough, and Greenbush Commuter Rail lines to allow for track repairs.