Passengers on the MBTA faced delays Friday morning after shuttle buses temporarily replaced trains on a lengthy stretch of the Red Line.
At 5:09 a.m., MBTA officials tweeted that the buses were replacing service between the Harvard and Broadway stops due to a “disabled piece of maintenance equipment” at Park Street station.
“Expect delays as shuttles are dispatched,” the tweet said.
By 5:38 a.m., MBTA officials tweeted that all train service between Alewife and Harvard would be operating on the southbound track as a result of the issue.
Shortly after 8 a.m., MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said the equipment that had derailed and caused the delays had been moved, and track repairs had been made.
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“The piece of track work equipment that derailed just south of Park Station early this morning has been re-railed and moved off the main line,” Pesaturo said in an email to the Globe. “Some track repairs were made, and a test train is running through the area right now.”
Officials at the T tweeted around 8 a.m. that the “shuttle buses are being phased out at this time and service is resuming with delays.”
At 9:36 a.m. the MBTA tweeted that regularly scheduled service had finally resumed.
Transit officials also tweeted out a reminder Friday that shuttle buses will return this weekend, replacing service between Alewife station and the Kendall-MIT stop to allow for the agency to make needed infrastructure upgrades.
Red Line Reminder: Shuttle buses replace service between Alewife and Kendall/MIT this weekend, Feb 25 - 26, for infrastructure upgrades. pic.twitter.com/rRs2pXGD5J
— MBTA (@MBTA) February 24, 2023
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