MBTA subway and commuter rail SHUTTING DOWN at 7 PM. No rail service Tuesday either

[ron_newman]

The MBTA has announced that all rail and subway services will end tonight at 7 pm. No trains of any kind will leave Boston after 7 pm.

Edited to add: No rail service all day Tuesday either

"Very limited service" will continue on all bus routes, both Monday evening and all day Tuesday.

Comments

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

They just announced the T and commuter rail is shut down all day tomorrow too to clear snow. Limited bus service will be available. I saw it on Fox 25

[ron_newman]

And I'm wondering why they are running all the regular bus lines as scheduled, instead of cutting back some of that in order to reallocate buses to substitute for rail services.

I suspect any bus line that even vaguely parallels the subway (such as 1, 77, 83, and 96) will become jammed beyond capacity.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Has anyone seen how the 77 is doing today?

It looks ok on Nextbus.

mbta.com/winter

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

On Tuesday, all MBTA rail services (Subway, Trolley, and Commuter Rail) will be suspended all day while maintenance crews continue to clear snow and ice from tracks, the third rail and switches. Mechanical forces will continue to assess the damage done to subway cars, trolleys, locomotives and passenger coaches.

Bus service will be available on an extremely limited basis with various buses on snow routes Buses will run with delays due to traffic congestion and local street conditions.

PLEASE NOTE: Bus customers will not be able to make transfers at customary intermodal points due to the suspension of rail service. Customers need to be aware of this before starting their commutes.

The MBTA continues to encourage those who do not need to travel to avoid doing so and those who decide to use buses to stay updated on the latest service information, which can be found at the MBTA's winter resource hub: mbta.com/winter. Customers are also urged to check T-Alerts regularly for updates or to join our 100,000 followers on Twitter @MBTA. For Commuter Rail updates, we ask commuters to follow the MBTA Commuter Rail on Twitter @MBTA_CR.

Updated: 5:30 p.m., Feb 9, 2015

RE: mbta.com/winter

[ron_newman]

I edited the post to include this information.