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"I’m hopeful that doing this work thoroughly, doing it in one stretch and getting it done now, will mean that we are saving years of disruptions in the long run," she said last week.Download Icon Download Icon Information Icon Information Icon Close Icon Close Icon Add to calendar icon Add to calendar icon Transit Center Icon Transit Center Icon Calendar Icon Calendar Icon Clock Icon Clock Icon Icon Location Icon Location Description Icon Description Icon Contact Icon Contact Icon Map Icon Map Icon Map Ticket Icon Map Ticket Icon Calendar Full Icon Calendar Full Icon Calendar Half Icon Calendar Half Icon Calendar Quarter icon Calendar Quarter icon One Ride Icon One Ride Icon 1 RIDE Sun Icon Sun Icon One Way Ticket Icon One Way Ticket Icon 1 WAY Desert Ticket Icon Desert Ticket Icon Alert Icon Alert Icon Star Icon Star Icon Check Icon Check Icon Search icon Magnifying glass icon User profile icon Person silhouette icon twitter icon twitter icon facebook icon facebook icon YouTube Icon YouTube Icon Instagram Icon Instagram Icon Email Icon Email Icon Flickr Icon Flickr Icon Bus Icon Bus Icon Rail Icon Rail Icon Under construction map marker. But the mayor has also expressed hope that it will be worth it in the long run. Wu has predicted that the two closures will be "chaos" for riders, many of whom have vented about the unprecedented disruption. T officials said the additional diversion is necessary to allow for both the demolition of the Government Center Garage and work needed for the opening of the longer Green Line Extension branch into Medford in late November. Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central. The Orange Line closure also coincides with a four-week closure of part of the Green Line between Government Center and Union Square.
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The agency also plans to deploy free shuttle buses along "various parts" of the Orange Line, though specific plans have yet to be released. T officials have been "strongly" encouraging riders to consider the commuter rail as an alternative during the Orange Line shutdown and plan to increase service on lines that run adjacent to the Orange Line. Zone 2 extends out into nearby suburbs, including stops in Lynn, Reading, Woburn, Waltham, Newton, Needham, Dedham, Braintree and Weymouth. The policy covers all commuter rail trips that start within Zones 1A, 1 and 2 - which covers all of Boston's commuter rail stops. "The CharlieCards won’t be charged & don’t even need to be loaded with funds," Wu - a vocal proponent of expanding fare-free transit - wrote on Wednesday. Riders could theoretically use an old CharlieCard or CharlieTicket with zero balance - or pick up a free, blank CharlieCard from one of the dozens of local MBTA stations and other locations that offer them. 18 shutdown - at least within those three zones. Amtrak trains and connecting buses reach more than 150 destinations in the Golden State, including top cities such as San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Sacramento national parks wineries deserts and beaches. "You just have to show it," Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wrote on Twitter this week, noting that the CharlieCard policy means the commuter rail "will be effectively free" during the Aug.
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(With the exception of the Fairmount Line, commuter rail stations do not have CharlieCard validator machines, and the T's plan to install fare gates at commuter rail stations is still in the works.) In other words, riders won't have to tap their pass on a reader like they need to do on subways and buses. In an email, an MBTA spokesperson confirmed to WBUR that commuter rail staff won't be charging cards or tickets.
MBTA commuter rail trips throughout Boston - and as far out as Lynn, Reading and Weymouth - are about to essentially become free for a month, thanks to the upcoming 30-day closure of the entire Orange Line for long-deferred repairs.Īs an alternative during the disruptive shutdown, T officials announced last week that they will allow riders to "pay" fare for trips on all commuter rail lines within Zones 1A, 1, and 2 simply by showing their CharlieCard or CharlieTicket.īut that doesn't mean riders actually have to pay. Commuters prepare to board an MBTA Commuter Rail train as it arrives at Back Bay Station.
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