Today, officials from the MBTA and MassDOT released a service restoration plan and stressed that reduced train counts due to the unprecedented winter storms will result in longer wait times and some crowding in the short term.

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“Day after day with the help of the Governor’s office, the National Guard and several partnering groups, our hardworking MBTA staff are recovering more stations and restoring service to more parts of the system,” said MBTA General Manager, Dr. Beverly Scott.  “With all the additional resource at our disposal we are now systematically executing a plan to recover remaining sections of the Orange, Green and Red lines while also working to get our maintenance facilities fully operational.  The goals we identified today will hinge on a number of factors, including weather conditions, and while we are making progress on recovering tracks and stations, we are also working hard to get train counts up. This will not be an easy task but our dedicated employees are working day and night to deliver the level of service the people of Massachusetts deserve.”