MBTA winter 2024 subway schedule changes:
Potentially still WIP? (GTFS/paper schedules unreleased as of 9AM this morning) ->
https://www.mbta.com/service-changes/winter-2024-service-changes
- Red Line trains will now run every 17 minutes during the day on weekdays, instead of every 18 - 19 minutes. Evening service after 7:30PM is unchanged.
- Red Line weekend trains will now run every 19 - 20 minutes, instead of every 22 minutes.
- Orange Line will now run extra trains during rush hours only. Midday, evening, and weekend service are unchanged.
Extra bus analysis later when GTFS and paper schedules are released, but
it is bad news if you were hoping for major service increases after hiring skyrocketed in August 2023. There is about a 5 - 7 month delay in getting bus operators hired I would think, but that's my guess, so come back in April, July, and September 2024 for if that changes.
TL'DR, even amount of bus frequency increases/decreases, but increases are only for 1 hour in the AM peak in the Mattapan area only, that's it. Plus, a lot of "trip shifting throughout the day/between x and y to improve schedule reliability" in the "trip changes" section, but usually that's misleading since they decrease the total number of trips made by the same vehicle operating hours.