This means that our automated fare collection system collects data about where and at what times passengers pay or validate their cards, but doesn’t collect data about where passengers exit the system. (Photo credit Susana Hey, MBTA, 2018)Īs MBTA riders know, the T only requires bus and rapid transit passengers to interact with a fare reader when boarding a vehicle or entering a subway station (with the exception of the route 71 and 73 buses outbound, where customers pay on exit rather than entry). The MBTA pulled all new Orange and Red Line cars out of service Tuesday after one car experienced a “battery failure” - an issue that came to light shortly after top legislative Democrats called for an oversight hearing into safety at the transit agency.Passengers don’t interact with fare readers when alighting.
MBTA spokesperson Lisa Battiston said an out-of-service car experienced a “battery failure” in Wellington Yard early Monday morning.
The battery powers all electronic equipment on the vehicle like door controls, propulsion controls, lighting, signage, and communication equipment, Battiston said.
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“An update on the status of the cars will be provided as soon as the engineering team completes its work.” “With safety being the top priority, the MBTA has decided to keep all of the new Orange Line and Red Line cars out of service while vehicle engineers and technicians work to determine the root cause of the failure and implement whatever corrective actions may be necessary,” Battiston said in a statement. House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka earlier Tuesday said the state Legislature’s Transportation Committee would schedule an oversight hearing to “better understand the agency’s shortcomings and help restore public confidence.” The Boston Globe first reported the MBTA removed new Orange and Red Line cars from service. It’s a rare move to hold such a hearing, one that lawmakers have taken in the past to delve into topics like veteran deaths at the state’s soldiers’ home in Holyoke and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charlie Baker’s handling of the transit system. “The FTA’s findings and the MBTA’s subsequent service cuts don’t inspire any public confidence in our transit system,” the duo said in a statement. It has since been the Administration’s responsibility to keep up with maintenance and manage an efficient system that customers can rely on.”īaker spokeswoman Anisha Chakrabarti said the administration supports the “MBTA’s immediate actions to implement the FTA’s findings, including an aggressive hiring campaign to recruit more dispatchers.” “Since 2015, at his request, Governor Baker has had control of the MBTA.
“The Administration shares the Legislature’s goal to make the T as safe as possible and has invested nearly $8 billion into new tracks, cars and signals to make up for decades of deferred maintenance by state government,” Chakrabarti said in a statement. This isn’t the first time one of the new Orange Line cars has experienced problems in recent months. A single new Orange Line train experienced an issue with several of its braking units in May, leading the transit agency to pull all new cars from service.
MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said in May that CRRC would add additional steps to verify underfloor bolted connections after the braking unit issue.Īt the time, a spokesperson for CRRC said the company “continues to work collaboratively with the MBTA and supports the MBTA’s enhanced inspection protocols.” The new cars were built at a manufacturing plant in Springfield run by Chinese-owned company CRRC. The cars were returned to service several days after the braking unit issue was first announced. Pulling the cars out of service Tuesday also comes as the House proposed Tuesday to allocate $400 million to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to address safety issues flagged by the Federal Transit Administration in preliminary findings released last week.
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