Overview
- The MBTA and Keolis reactivated the gates on Feb. 4 for Thursday morning’s commute after more than a week offline.
- Keolis and equipment vendor Scheidt & Bachmann are assessing snow and cold impacts and pursuing corrective actions.
- Conductors will continue verifying tickets on trains while gate performance is monitored.
- South Station has 40 gates that cost about $3.3 million and sit under new construction that leaves them exposed to wind and bitter cold.
- The Jan. 25–26 storm dumped roughly two feet of snow with persistent subfreezing temperatures, prompting the shutdown despite some gates being preemptively covered.