Redline cars1/4/2024 ![]() ![]() The MBTA added the three-station South Shore Line to Quincy Center in 1971 it was extended to Braintree in 1980, with Quincy Adams added as an infill in 1983. The newly formed MBTA assigned colors to its subway lines in 1965, with the Cambridge–Dorchester line becoming the Red Line. Charles (now Charles/MGH) was added as an infill station in 1932. The Dorchester extension added three stops to Fields Corner in 1927 and two more stops to Ashmont in 1928. ![]() It was extended south as the Dorchester Tunnel to Washington (now Downtown Crossing) in 1915, South Station in 1916, Broadway in 1917, and Andrew in 1918. The Boston Elevated Railway opened its Cambridge tunnel between Harvard and Park Street in 1912. Averaging 240,000 weekday passengers in 2019, the Red Line has the highest ridership of the MBTA subway lines. All 22 Red Line stations are fully accessible. Cabot Yard in South Boston is used for heavy maintenance and storage yards at Alewife, Ashmont, and Braintree are also used for storage. The Red Line is fully grade-separated trains are driven by operators with automatic train control for safety. ![]() A 252-car order from CRRC is being built from 2019 to 2024. The 218-car active fleet consists of three orders of cars built in 1969–70, 1987–89, and 1993–94. The Red Line operates during normal MBTA service hours (all times except late nights) with six-car trains. The Braintree branch runs southwest through Quincy and Braintree to Braintree station. The Ashmont branch runs southwest through Dorchester to Ashmont station, where the connecting light rail Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line (shown as part of the Red Line on maps, but operated separately) continues to Mattapan station. It continues underground through South Boston, splitting into two branches on the surface at JFK/UMass station. ![]() The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in North Cambridge through Somerville and Cambridge, surfacing to cross the Longfellow Bridge then returning to tunnels under Downtown Boston. Upgrading and restoring the technology for Auto Doors will enable Metro to safely automate 20,000 daily door openings systemwide.The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. Metro will continue to work closely with the WMSC to implement Auto Doors systemwide. Metro is currently testing Auto Doors on the Blue, Orange, Silver, Green, and Yellow lines. While the Red Line is the first to reinstate Auto Doors, other lines could see Auto Doors in the future. Additionally, Red Line train operators have completed additional training and certification to operate trains in Auto Doors mode. The restoration of Auto Doors on the Red Line is possible after safely testing more than 2,500 automatic door-opening exercises. Before departing, operators will close the doors manually after checking outside the driver’s side cab window to ensure all customers have cleared the platform. Auto Doors are controlled by technology already onboard trains that ensures trains are safely stopped at the platform before the doors open. While train doors will open automatically, operators will still close train doors manually. “In addition to the convenience customers will experience, Auto Doors is also safer, reducing the opportunity for human error and wrong-side door openings.” “Auto Doors will allow customers to exit trains faster to catch a connecting train or bus, or quickly reach escalators and elevators to leave the station and be on their way,” said Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Randy Clarke. The time saved per stop is around 10-15 seconds. For immediate release: DecemMetro enhancing customer rides with Auto Doors on the Red LineĪfter weeks of certifying operators to use Automatic Door Operation on some Red Line trains, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission gave its concurrence to allow Metro to fully operate in Auto Door mode on the Red Line starting today.Ĭustomers will notice faster entries and exits on Red Line trains, causing doors to open within 3-5 seconds after the train stops on the station platform. ![]()
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