MBTA announces August service suspensions on Blue and Orange Lines along with commuter rail
Orange Line service will be suspended between Wellington and Back Bay during the weekends of August 2 and 3, August 9 and 10, and August 23 and 24, the MBTA said.
From Back Bay to North Station, the MBTA encouraged riders to use parallel Green Line service from Copley to North Station.
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'The MBTA will increase Green Line service during this time to accommodate Orange Line riders,' the authority said.
Free shuttle buses will replace service while crews work to 'accomplish signal upgrade work,' the MBTA said.
Lowell commuter rail line service will be suspended between North Station and Lowell on the weekends of August 16 and 17 and August 23 and 24, the MBTA said.
These suspensions, according to the MBTA, will begin at 'approximately 10 p.m.' on the Fridays before August 16 and 23.
Free shuttle buses will run between North Station and Lowell, the MBTA said, except at Winchester Center, where riders are encouraged to board buses at Wedgemere station, the authority said.
Fitchburg commuter rail line service will be suspended between North Station and Porter Square during the weekends of August 16 and 17 and August 23 and 24, the MBTA said.
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Shuttle buses will not replace service, and the MBTA encouraged riders to instead travel on the Red and Green Lines.
'We thank riders for their patience as we deliver this important work and for continuing to ride our system,' the MBTA said.
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