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The controversial transit service cuts that will take effect next week will eliminate about 14 percent of the MBTA’s service in order to trim just one percent from the T’s $2.3 billion annual operating budget, according to MBTA officials.
On March 14, the T will reduce the number of daily train trips on the Red, Orange, and Green lines by up to 20 percent, and run 5 percent fewer trains on the Blue Line (where ridership has been higher during the pandemic).
On the bus system, riders of 22 bus routes will face longer waits between bus trips, and nine bus routes – including the 55 in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, the 212 in Quincy, and the 79 through Arlington, will no longer run at all.
Chris Lisinski
State House News Service
The MBTA will reshape its commuter rail schedule this spring, trimming the morning and evening peaks and reallocating trains to run on more even intervals during the day, officials said Monday.
They unveiled plans to smooth out service on the 12 commuter rail lines in an attempt to support new travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently, the earliest train leave from Westborough station at 7:17 a.m.,and from Southborough at 7:25 a.m., headed toward South Station in Boston. Commuters can get back from Boston to Southborough as late as 11:41 p.m. and Westborough at 1:49 p.m. on weekdays. And, of course, the two stations are only stop (Grafton) from Worcester heading west. (For a complete schedule, see https://tinyurl.com/yr7hdxbee.)
Updated on January 28, 2021 at 11:53 pm
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The MBTA is reeling from a massive drop in riders, but a financial crisis sparked by the pandemic didn’t derail pay perks for many T executives.
State payroll records reviewed by the NBC10 Investigators show the struggling public transit agency paid more than $162,000 in bonuses to seven high-ranking managers last year. More on this story tonight at 11 on NBC10 Boston
The list includes the T s general manager, Steven Poftak, who took home $20,800 in bonus pay on top of his $324,523 annual salary.
Other bonus earners include the chief of the Green Line transformation, who received $39,375; the senior director of procurement operations, who received $28,435; the chief customer experience officer, who got $27,675; and the chief of paratransit services, who took home $15,750, state records show.
MBTA officials said Monday that a June derailment on the Red Line was caused by a fractured axle, three months after the incident caused major delays. Officials.