Red Line Service Resumes After Pedestrian Struck By Train

UPDATE, 8:45 a.m.: NECN reports the woman who was hit by the train at Kendall Sunday, identified as an 80-year-old Brockton resident, has died. Officials are trying to determine why she was on the tracks.

UPDATE, 6:35 p.m.: FOX 25 reports an 85-year-old woman was removed from beneath a Red Line train at Kendall Station by the Cambridge Fire Department. The woman was reportedly conscious and alert when she arrived at the hospital.

UPDATE, 6:14 p.m.: Massachusetts State Police just said on Twitter the Longfellow Bridge has re-opened to public traffic as well.

UPDATE, 5:48 p.m.: The service alert regarding the Red Line emergency has been removed from the MBTA's service alert page.

Universal Hub reports full service resumed around 5:25 p.m. They also reported the pedestrian involved in the emergency was a woman and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.

UPDATE, 5:27 p.m.: The latest from the MBTA is that buses are now replacing trains between Harvard and Park Street along the Red Line.

They are advising riders to "expect significant delays while buses are sent" and to seek alternate travel if possible.

UPDATE, 5:15 p.m.: On Twitter, Massachusetts State Police reported that the Longfellow Bridge has been completely shutdown to public traffic "due to pedestrian struck by train at Kendall Station."

ORIGINAL STORY: Shuttle buses are replacing Red Line trains Sunday afternoon due to a medical emergency at Kendall/MIT station in Cambridge, according to the MBTA.

Buses are replacing the trains from Harvard Square station in Cambridge to Broadway station in Boston due to the emergency.

Stops impacted include Central Square, Kendall/MIT, Charles/MGH, Park Street, Downtown Crossing, South Station and Broadway.

Patch will have more information as it becomes available.