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Feeling Boxed In, T Board OKs Train Contract “Reset” - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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MBTA agrees to pay $148 million more to account for higher-than-expected costs linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also agrees to forgive about $90 million in penalties that the manufacturer faces for delays so far. The project to replace the aging Red and Orange Line fleets with all-new CRRC trains has been riddled with disruptions.

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Feeling Boxed In, T Board OKs Train Contract “Reset” - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to pay more money and waive penalties against the manufacturer that is already years behind its original schedule. The T negotiated a contract “reset” with Chinese firm CRRC that now calls for the final new vehicles to be delivered by the end of 2027, simultaneously representing another delay to the be…

1 month ago·Boston, United States

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T board OKs train contract "reset"

BOSTON — Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to pay more money

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