Commuter Rail Service Between Lynn and North Station to Be Suspended the Next Two Weekends

By ADAM SWIFT (Patch Staff)

If you are planning on taking the commuter rail from Hamilton-Wenham into Boston during the next two weekends, be sure to give yourself some extra time.

On the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Line, the weekend service line will be suspended between Lynn and North Station in both directions Sept. 19 and 20 and Sept. 26 and 27.

Inbound Newburyport/Rockport Line trips will be replaced with shuttle buses from Lynn to the Wonderland Blue Line station for connections with the subway and service into Boston. Passengers seeking outbound Newburyport/Rockport Line service from Boston will be asked to take the Blue Line to Wonderland station, where shuttle bus service to Lynn will be offered. There will be no direct service to or from North Station.

Customers are encouraged to allow approximately 45 minutes of travel time from Boston to Lynn utilizing the alternate transportation, according to MBTA officials. Outbound trains will depart at their scheduled times. Passengers seeking bus connections to Lynn should arrive at Wonderland no later than 15 minutes prior to a train’s scheduled departure time from Lynn.

Bikes will not be allowed on the buses between the MBTA Wonderland station and Lynn in either direction.

Outbound passengers at Chelsea Station will be bused to their destination station. Inbound passengers destined for Chelsea Station will be bused from Lynn Station. Passengers at Chelsea Station traveling to and from Boston should use bus Route 111.

Service is being suspended to allow work crews to complete bridge replacement projects on Winthrop Avenue in Revere and Washington Avenue in Chelsea.

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