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T Things to Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving

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MBTA Eliminates Slow Zones From the Red Line

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A diagram showing alternative services during a Red Line track work that will close Broadway, Andrew, JFK/UMass, and North Quincy stations for the 6 days between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10. On the weekend of Nov. 9 and 10, the closure will include the Ashmont branch between JFK/UMass and Ashmont. Shuttle service is indicated by a dotted black line connecting the closed stations. The parallel Old Colony commuter rail line is also shown as a purple line with stops at South Station, JFK/UMass, Quincy Center, and Braintree.

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6-Day Service Interruption Near JFK/UMass Aims to Fix the Last Slow Zones On the Red Line

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Red Line’s Braintree Branch Reopens With 37 Fewer Slow Zones

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T Will Poke A New Hole In the Red Line For Shorter Service Disruptions

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Red Line’s Braintree Branch Will Be Shut Down Through Sept. 29th

An MBTA subway diagram highlighting slow zones on the system as of August 29. Clusters of slow zones remain on the Braintree branch of the Red Line in lower right and the ends of the Orange Line, with a scattering of other individual slow zones on the inner-core segments of the Red, Green, and Orange lines.

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Last Week’s Red Line Closure Fixed 6 More Slow Zones

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Alewife Redevelopment Could Convert Obsolete Garage Into Thousands of New Transit-Oriented Homes

A diagram map of the Red Line illustrating alternative travel options on the purple commuter rail lines (running between Porter and North Station on the left, and between South Station and JFK/UMass and Braintree to the right) and bus shuttles, illustrated as a dashed black line with stops at most Red Line stations except Park Street in the center of the map. There the dashed line diverts to Haymarket and State stations nearby.

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Downtown, South Boston Red Line Closure Extended Through Monday

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July’s Red Line Closure Fixed 9 More Slow Zones

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