MBTA Officials Order New Cars For Entire Red Line Fleet

THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT. THEY ARE VULGAR, CRUEL, AND. HATEFUL. NO ATTEMPT TO RATIONALIZE THEM.

WITH CHANGE THAT. THE RED LINE IS GETTING A. MAJOR MAKEOVER. AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ALL.

NEW. THIS AS THE COMPANY THAT RUNS. THE COMMUTER RAIL TAKES HEAT. FOR THE NUMBER OF CANCELLATIONS.

THIS FALL. NOT GOOD NEWS AS THE HEIGHT OF. WINTER APPROACHES. CHRISTINA HAGER IS LIVE IN.

SOUTH STATION WITH MORE ON THIS. STORY. Reporter: WHEN THERE'S A. PROBLEM ON THE T, WE HEAR ABOUT.

HOW OLD THE TRAINS ARE. SOME OF THE TRAINS DATE BACK TO. THE 1970s. NEWS OF NEW CARS COMING IS A.

LONG TIME COMING. OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL CUT DOWN. ON BREAKDOWNS AND DELAYS. JUST AS WINTER BEARS DOWN, GOOD.

NEWS FOR COMMUTERS AND. OVERHAULS ON TRACKS JUST AS. PASSENGER CLAUDINE -- WAS. STARTING TO GIVE UP.

WE ENDED UP TAKING AN UBER. DEFINITELY. AND HOPEFULLY, I PAY ENOUGH. TAXES WE SHOULD GET SOME NEW.

STUFF. Reporter: THE T BOARD. UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE CONTRACT. IN AN AFTERNOON MEETING.

THE OVERHAUL COSTS $280 MILLION. AND EXPANDS ON AN EXISTING. DEAL, ADDING AS MANY AS 134 NEW. RED LINE CARS.

THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE. HUNDREDS OF RED AND ORANGE LINE. CARS THAT THE T HAD ALREADY. PURCHASED.

THEY'LL START ROLLING DOWN THE. TRACKS STARTING IN 2019. THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW.

-- THE TEAM IS FOCUSED ON. PREPARING FOR WINTER. BOTH THE COMMUTER RAIL TEAM AND. THE MBTA TEAM.

Reporter: THEY REPORT FOUR. TIMES AS MANY TRIPS WERE. CANCELED THIS FALL COMPARED TO. LAST YEAR.

IT SLOWS ME DOWN WHERE I. NEED TO GO. THROWS ME OFF TRACK. EVEN THOUGH OUR WORST MONTHS.

ARE AHEAD OF US. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND AS A COMMUTER RAIL RIDER. MYSELF, I KNOW WE GOT TO DO.

BETTER FOR THE RIDERS. AND HERE'S GOOD NEWS. THE NEW MBTA CARS MEAN JOBS IN. MASSACHUSETTS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE CONTRACT. IS WITH A COMPANY OUT OF CHINA. THAT JUST OPENED A PLANT IN. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS..