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✏️The new school year is around the corner! Good luck and have a great year!📓
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Enjoy the last weekend of the summer! This Monday is Labor Day. Please note the following service changes:
🚍 MBTA Bus – Sunday Service
🚉 MBTA Commuter Rail – Weekend Service
🚇 MBTA – The T – Sunday Service
⛴ Ferry will run on the following service schedules:
- Hingham/Hull/Logan to Boston will run on a Sunday schedule.
- The direct Hingham to Boston route will have no service.
- Charlestown Ferry will run on a weekend schedule.
- East Boston Ferry will run on a weekend schedule.
- Lynn Ferry will run on a weekend schedule.
- Winthrop/Quincy Ferry will have no service.
MBTA is continuing system improvements through September.
Please note the following planned service suspensions:
- Red Line service will be suspended between JFK/UMass and Braintree September 6 – 29. Shuttle buses will make stops at Braintree, Quincy Adams, Quincy Center, Wollaston, North Quincy, and Ashmont.
- Kingston, Middleborough, and Greenbush Commuter Rail line service will be suspended between South Station and Braintree during the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15.
On the Red Line:
- Red Line Braintree Branch service will be suspended between JFK/UMass and Braintree for 24 days from September 6 to September 29.
- Riders should note that Middleborough, Kington, and Greenbush (Old Colony) Commuter Rail line service will also be replaced by shuttle bus service during the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15.
- Riders are strongly encouraged to use the Middleborough, Kington, and Greenbush (Old Colony) Commuter Rail lines for fare-free service between Braintree, Quincy Center, JFK/UMass, and South Station (with the exception of the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15).
- Commuter Rail trains operate about every 20-30 minutes. Traveling between Braintree and South Station on the Commuter Rail is about 24 minutes.
- Additional Keolis personnel will be available at Braintree, Quincy Center, and JFK/UMass during weekday morning and evening rush hour periods to answer questions and assist riders boarding Commuter Rail trains.
- Extra coaches will be added to the Middleborough, Kington, and Greenbush Commuter Rail lines to accommodate the anticipated increase in ridership.
- Riders should note that regular Commuter Rail fares will be collected for travel beyond Braintree.
- Commuter Rail trains operate about every 20-30 minutes. Traveling between Braintree and South Station on the Commuter Rail is about 24 minutes.
- Free and accessible shuttle bus service will make stops at Braintree, Quincy Adams, Quincy Center, Wollaston, North Quincy, and Ashmont for connections to further Red Line subway service.
- There will be no direct shuttle bus service to or from JFK/UMass. Riders boarding or disembarking at JFK/UMass should utilize the fare-free Commuter Rail when possible.
- Riders using shuttle buses during this service change should budget ample extra traveling time. For example, a rider traveling to Park Street from Braintree should anticipate an extra 40 minutes in addition to their regular commute. Again, riders are strongly encouraged to consider the fare-free Commuter Rail during this service change.
- There will be increased subway service on the Ashmont Branch to maintain train frequency through the Red Line core between JFK/UMass and Alewife. Trains will operate at about an eight-minute frequency between Ashmont and Alewife.
- Riders should note that Middleborough, Kington, and Greenbush (Old Colony) Commuter Rail line service will also be replaced by shuttle bus service during the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15.
- On the Kingston, Middleborough, and Greenbush Commuter Rail lines:
- Kingston, Middleborough, and Greenbush Commuter Rail line service will be suspended between South Station and Braintree during the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15.
- Free and accessible shuttle buses will operate directly between South Station and Braintree, stopping only at South Station and Braintree.
- Passengers can also utilize free and accessible shuttle buses replacing Red Line Braintree Branch service between Braintree and Ashmont.
- There will be no direct shuttle bus service to or from JFK/UMass.
- Passengers should note that bicycles are not allowed on shuttle buses, and regular Commuter Rail fares will be collected between Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, and Braintree stations.
- Keolis Customer Service Agents, MBTA staff, and Transit Ambassadors will be on site at impacted stations to support riders.
- Free and accessible shuttle buses will operate directly between South Station and Braintree, stopping only at South Station and Braintree.
- Kingston, Middleborough, and Greenbush Commuter Rail line service will be suspended between South Station and Braintree during the weekends of September 7 – 8 and September 14 – 15.