It's been over a month since a Red Line train derailed in Boston, seriously damaging signal and communication controls and increasing commutes and the MBTA said in an update Tuesday that repairs are progressing.
The T had warned that fewer trips and longer commutes would be the new normal until at least Labor Day, as repairs are made to the bungalows that house equipment to remotely control signals and switches were damaged when the third car of a Red Line train went off the tracks June 11 at an above-ground stop near the JFK/UMass station.
The damaged equipment meant as many as 50 workers a day had to manually operate to switches and signals that run the trains and added at least 20 minutes to trips.
The T said in its most recent update on the work that three signal bungalows have been rebuilt so far and one replacement was built.
And 21 of 29 signals along with 11 out of 19 switches are back to pre-derailment and remotely controlling the trains, allowing more of them to move through the stretch of track where the train derailed.
With some switches and signals still under manual control, riders will likely continue to see some service disruptions, but the T said "crews are working around-the-clock" to get the Red Line back on track ahead of its Labor Day deadline.
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