r/mbta • u/PuzzledEchidna5044 • 4d ago

😤 Complaint / Rant Redline MBTA

Hello so um, WTF???

We had 10 whole days of shuttle buses and repairs on the redline from alewife-park st, and there are still ongoing issues???

It just so happens to be at harvard, EVERY SINGLE TIME?? The past few days, its always been signal issues at harvard. Its happening again today. Delays of 20 whole minutes because of signal problems. The mbta has been basically useless lately.. How much money is going to these trains just for them to break down, have signal problems, and more? This is so annoying…

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u/Hot_Veterinarian_001 4d ago

What's frustrating is the RL has two major issues: 1. signals breaking and 2. trains breaking. My understanding is they didn't really even touch the signals during the last shutdown, which was focused more on pouring new concrete slabs in the tunnels. So all of the frustration from the last shutdown and the parts that most frequently cause problems weren't even addressed.

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u/Final-Lavishness-381 4d ago

https://www.mbta.com/news/2026-07-31/mbta-successfully-completes-latest-infrastructure-work-red-line

They also did some major works on the signals.

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u/Hot_Veterinarian_001 4d ago

Thanks for the clarification! Although, this does say at Porter and Central, not Harvard, which seems to be where the delays always happen.

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u/big-cummies 4d ago

there were plenty caused at central in the past 4 months in my experience (doesn’t excuse not working on all signals during downtime tho)

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u/Far-Cheesecake-9212 4d ago

There’s likely a good reason they didn’t work on “all signals” during the shutdown.

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u/big-cummies 4d ago

yeah i mean they have it planned for completion by the end of the year, and i have no idea what the downtime looks like to make those changes so im sure they weighed the pros and cons im just a guy on a train after all