The quality of newly-delivered Red and Orange Line cars has “gotten better” in recent months after MBTA officials “reset” their contract with Chinese manufacturer CRRC, T General Manager Phil Eng said Thursday.
Eng told the agency’s board of directors that new vehicles continue to arrive on schedule nine months after parties announced a renegotiated contract due to extensive delays in the original plan.
“They continue to deliver on the schedule that we’ve set, and the quality has not shifted. Quality, in fact, has gotten better,” Eng said. “All of the learning curve that took place during the Orange Line [car delivery] prior to myself getting here is being factored in, so now the Red Line cars are performing right off the bat.”…