Parts of Red, Green T lines shut down during snow
Bus shuttle service is replacing trains in the affected areas.
Trains stopped running on sections of the T’s Red and Green lines during a snow storm on Friday, forcing passengers to rely on bus shuttle service.
The T replaced Red Line service with shuttles between Harvard and Alewife stations in both directions, the agency announced said around noon. It was back up and running about an hour later.
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MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said an issue with a cable north of Harvard Station disrupted subway service. The problem was not related to Friday’s storm, MBTA General Manager Frank DePaola said.
Wire problems caused by downed trees on the Green Line’s D branch also forced shuttle service in both directions between Newton Highlands and Kenmore. Crews were working Friday afternoon to clear the downed branches that affected the D branch service.
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“We’ve had crews out there during the day trying to get the trees off, so we’ve had to bus that line,’’ DePaola said around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. “So I think you could say the trees were related to the storm—the heavy snow buildup has caused the trees, the limbs to come down. But [I’m] pretty confident we’ll be able to get that cleared up before the evening rush.’’
Around 1 p.m., the T told riders to take the 39 bus instead of the Green Line’s E branch, as a downed tree had also shut down service between Birgham Circle and Heath Street.
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The T had not announced a return to normal service as of 5:45 p.m. on either Green Line branch.
A downed tree also caused rush hour problems on the commuter rail’s Rockport Line.
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The morning’s snowy commute saw some problems—including shuttle service on the Green Line’s B branch for a period of time—but most of the system ran normally.
“I thought we did good. The morning commute was relatively uneventful,’’ DePaola said of the morning commute. “It had a lot to do with that we had nearly 400 people in all night getting ready for the morning commute.’’
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