📋 Tender Overview
The MBTA reminded customers that weekend Orange Line service between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center Stations will again be suspended this weekend beginning at 845 PM on Friday through to the start of service on Monday October 21. I want to again thank our customers for their continued patience as we make progress on building a better T said MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak. These shutdowns give us a valuable work window of time to accelerate improvements in safety and reliability of the T both now and in the future.During these weekend shutdowns bus shuttles are provided between Sullivan Square and Haymarket Stations. There will be no shuttle bus service to Orange Line stations at State Downtown Crossing and Chinatown. Extra weekend Commuter Rail service Saturdays and Sundays only is also operating between Forest Hills and South Station. Customers can find more information on alternate travel options including details on extra Commuter Rail service at mbta.comOLwork.This suspension of Orange Line service is the third of 6 consecutive weekends and is part of the MBTAs 2019 Capital Acceleration Plan which allows the MBTA to expedite upgrades to core infrastructure and to perform maintenance activities. Last weekends shutdown and the 4 more to come allow the MBTA to complete work on the Orange Line level of these stations almost a year earlier than previously planned. MBTA crews and contractors also continue to replace pit track in closed Orange Line stations perform a variety of station repairs to platforms elevators stairways and fare equipment perform track and power maintenance in tunnels and perform tunnel debris clean-up work reducing the risk of smoke and fire hazards.During last weekends Orange Line closure crews completed the followingThe replacement of 380 feet of track improving reliability and reducing service disruptions Station brightening work including cleaning washing and re-painting of walls floors light fixtures and ceilings on platform areas at State both platforms and Haymarket northboundOak Grove-bound The replacement of additional treading on the Summer Street stairway at Downtown Crossing Preventative maintenance and cleaning of 4 air conditioning units in Signal and Communications Rooms at Haymarket The replacement of flooring within elevators at Downtown Crossing The complete overhaul of 5 faregates at Chinatown southboundForest Hills-bound as well as 9 faregates at State 3 at the northboundOak Grove-bound City Hall entrance 3 at the Water Street entrance and 3 at the Old State House entrance Leak repairs at Haymarket and North Station northboundOak Grove-bound as well as concrete work.
