Politics & Government
When's The Next Red Line Bus Diversion?
Periodic bus diversions will allow crews to conduct track, signal and power work in the subway tunnel.
Buses will replace Red Line trains between Harvard Station and Alewife the weekend of April 13 and 14, according to the MBTA.
The bus diversions will allow workers to perform track, power and signal work as part of the Red Line Floating Slab Project—part of a nearly $35 million series of improvements to the tunnel, which opened in 1985 and is in need of substantial repairs.
The improvements, with their occasional bus diversions, are expected to be conducted into 2016.
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On April 13 and 14, buses, not trains, will make stops at Harvard, Porter, Davis and Alewife stations. All buses will be accessible for people with disabilities, the transit authority's website says.
Normal service is expected to resume Monday, April 15.
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