MBTA to extend subway service by about an hour on Friday and Saturday nights
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Here's how the T plans to change service this fall, according to the agency:
Subway service
: Service on the Red, Green, Blue, and Orange lines will extend about an hour on Friday and Saturday nights. Trains will run in 30-minute intervals during the extended service window on the Ashmont and Braintree branches of the Red Line and on all the Green Line branches. Trains will run in 15-minute intervals on the Orange Line, the Blue Line, and between JFK/UMass and Alewife on the Red Line.
Bus service
: Service on the 1, 22, 39, 66, 110, SL1, SL3, and SL5 lines will extend about an hour on Friday and Saturday nights. Service on the 23, 28, 57, 111, and 116 lines — 'five of the MBTA's most frequent bus routes with the highest number of later riders,' according to the agency — will extend about an hour every day of the week. The buses on all the aforementioned routes will travel in 30-minute intervals during the extended service period.
Ferry service
: The Hingham/Hull Ferry will add an additional roundtrip on Friday nights, departing Hingham for Long Wharf at 10:15 p.m. and departing Long Wharf to Hull and Hingham at 11 p.m. — about an hour later than current schedules. The East Boston Ferry will add additional trips on Friday and Saturday nights; the last ferry from East Boston to Long Wharf will depart at 9:30 p.m.; the last ferry from Long Wharf to East Boston will leave at 9:45 p.m.. The Charlestown Ferry will also add trips on Friday and Saturday nights; the last boat from Charleston to Long Wharf will set sail at 9:30 p.m., and the last boat from Long Wharf to Charlestown will leave at 9:45 p.m..
Free Rides
: The agency will make all subway lines, bus routes, ferries, Commuter Rail lines, and RIDE trips free on Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 9 p.m. through the end of service Sept. 5–6, Sept. 12–13, Sept. 19–20, Sept. 26–27, and Oct. 3–4 in order to 'encourage riders to take advantage of the extended service.'
As it stands, most T subway trains
Most MBTA buses, meanwhile,
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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