Submitted by emotionally_tipsy t3_z7ffjw in boston
IYO is it more reliable? Faster? Worse?
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chrfr t1_iy6pizm wrote
The MBTA had been running 10 trains at a time but recently seems to have cut this to 7-8 trains, so while trips have gotten faster, trains are more crowded and have longer headways than when the OL reopened.
Pinwurm t1_iy6yo30 wrote
There's less frequency than pre-shutdown, but this is more an effect of enforcing safety regulations whilst we're understaffed.
However, there are way more new orange rolling stock than old. This is a huge deal - as these things are quieter, cleaner, safer, more reliable and.. well, feels modern. So my rider experience feels better.
So Orange has shot itself up to second-best line, after Blue. Red, meanwhile... oh, how the mighty have fallen.
CJYP t1_iy9tp8e wrote
Others have mentioned the awful headways, which really desperately need to be fixed. Apart from that, the reliability and speed is there. The train will come, and it will be fast once it does. It just might take a bit. IMO this is much better than the situation before the shutdown, but the headways are still unacceptable.
The-Invalid-One t1_iy6i9fg wrote
It's been fine most I've waited is like 10 minutes after just missing my train home. You can check https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/ for the travel times.
No comment on how it ran before, I've only been a daily rider since June.
Difficult-Ad3518 t1_iy8xzm2 wrote
You’ve gotten lucky if the the longest you’ve waited as a daily rider is 10 minutes.
This Sunday, the median headway was 14 minutes.
Other than that, headways have mostly been around every 12 minutes for the last couple of weeks.
Prior to that, the Orange Line had six weeks of 10 minute headways M-Sa, with 12 minute headways on Sundays.
This Spring, the Orange Line had 10-12 minute headways on weekends and 7 minute headways on weekdays. #neverforget
Difficult-Ad3518 t1_iy6agbj wrote
It’s way better than immediately pre-shutdown, but it’s far worse than three years ago because of the diminished frequency, and it took 8 weeks longer than promised. If this what they said all along “service is going to be wicked fast, but it will still be infrequent and it will take a few months,” it would have been a hard sell. So, you tell me? Is that better worse? I guess that depends upon the mountain you’re standing on.