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Red Line Closed From Park Street to JFK/UMass ‘Til May 10
The MBTA is suspending Red Line service from Thursday, May 2 until Friday, May 10 to address remaining slow zones on segments of the Red Line track in South Boston.
May 7, 2024
MBTA Announces Spring Service Changes
The birds are chirping, the sun is lingering a bit longer, baseball is back (and so are allergies). This can all only mean one thing - spring is here, despite the seemingly endless rain. And what comes with this change of the season? Changes in MBTA service, of course.
April 22, 2024
Boston, Bluebikes Offer Free Rides During Subway Closures
This article has been adapted from a City of Boston and Bluebikes press release.
April 19, 2024
MBTA to Suspend Partial Red Line Service This Weekend
The MBTA will suspend service this Saturday and Sunday (March 30 and 31) on two segments of the Red Line, between Broadway and JFK/UMass stations on the Ashmont Branch and Broadway and North Quincy on the Braintree Branch.
March 27, 2024
MBTA to Suspend Red Line Service In Dorchester This Weekend
The MBTA will suspend service this Saturday and Sunday (March 23 and 24) on two segments of the Red Line, between Broadway and Ashmont stations on the Ashmont Branch and Broadway and North Quincy on the Braintree Branch.
March 21, 2024
MBTA to Suspend Red Line Service In Cambridge and Downtown Boston This Weekend
The MBTA will suspend Red Line service for 2 days this weekend, from Saturday, March 2nd to Sunday, March 3rd, between Park Street and JFK/UMass stations to conduct tunnel inspection work.
February 28, 2024
MBTA to Suspend Harvard-Alewife Red Line Service Starting Monday
The MBTA will suspend Red Line service for 10 days from Monday, February 5th to Wednesday, February 14th between Alewife and Harvard stations.
February 2, 2024
At Long Last, Another New Train Is Rolling On the Red Line
Your odds of catching a new CRRC-manufactured Red Line train just doubled: three years after the first new Red Line train hit the tracks in December 2020, the MBTA started running a second set of new Red Line cars earlier this month.
January 23, 2024
MBTA Unveils Plan to Eliminate Slow Zones with More Subway Shutdowns
Over the next year, the T is planning 20 segmented, multi-day closures to address long-neglected repair needs.
November 9, 2023
TransitMatters Analysis Confirms Success of Last Month’s Red Line Track Work
Last month, the MBTA closed the Ashmont and Mattapan branches of the Red Line for 16 days to repair tracks with the goal of eliminating persistent slow zones in the area.
November 7, 2023