Proof that op isn’t imagining things: https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/slowzones

I'm sure someone will bitch

Going southbound into north station still sucks, but it seems like the northbound trains have picked up speed

That still shows a 109 second slow zone from North Station to Community College northbound. If it's been removed, it happened between 5 (when I rode and it was still there) and 7pm (when op posted). In that case, it'll probably show on the dashboard either tomorrow or the next day.

Edit - it's now tomorrow, and the dashboard does in fact show the speedup!

To add to this:

Forest hills -> oak grove can be 3-5 minutes faster depending on the day

https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/rapidtransit?config=Orange,70001,70036,2022-08-01,2022-10-27

The opposite direction is slowly getting better, yesterday was 2 minutes slower than before shutdown

https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/rapidtransit?config=Orange,70036,70001,2022-08-01,2022-10-27

Although almost all of that delay is from Oak Grove to North Station

https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/rapidtransit?config=Orange,70036,70026,2022-08-01,2022-10-27

You can see it getting quicker on clear steps in here, not sure if that because of work they're still finishing or just extra precautions before ramping up the speed again.

North Station to Forrest hills is faster than pre shutdown by a couple minutes so it's really just that one section that's slower now

https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/rapidtransit?config=Orange,70026,70001,2022-08-01,2022-10-27

I do Malden Center to Tufts regularly and it's been slower than pre shutdown for sure. Better the last time but still slower. Hopefully they get it straightened out its added 10-15 minutes to what was once a very reasonable trip.

Of course now I'm watching the red line slowly creep up.

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Can't wait for the "secret" December shutdown to take affect.

We've finally broken the pre-shutdown mark. Actual progress!