FULL RED LINE FLEET REPLACEMENT APPROVED BY MBTA BOARD

Scrapping plans to overhaul railcars that date back to the 1990s, the MBTA agreed Monday to replace its entire Red Line fleet by 2024 by purchasing an additional 120 to 134 cars at a cost of up to $280 million. T officials presented the proposal to the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday and said it would be less expensive per-car and more beneficial than their prior plan of …