MBTA: Severe Delays on Red Line Ending

Residuals delays are still expected

The MBTA says severe delays on the Red Line Thursday morning should be coming to an end.

MBTA officials said the issue was due to a switch problem at Alewife. Residual delays are still expected.

The delays are in both directions.

Riders are encouraged to use the commuter rail at Braintree, Quincy Center and JFK/UMass is possible.

Many riders took to social media to share their frustrations about this morning's delays. 

https://twitter.com/typeAcray/status/712995149098389505
@MikeDavisFAIA
Dave Lukien
On February 8, 2015, 50 riders were stuck on a Red Line car after it became disabled on a frozen above-ground section due to heavy snow. It took about two hours for a new train to arrive to rescue the riders.
@dconney1976
On April 16, 2015, hundreds waited for shuttle buses after Red Line services were impacted by a box truck dangling over a overpass
@WoofWellington
On Friday March 29, 2015, the Green Line suffered severe delays after a tree toppled over onto a power line at the Newton Centre stop. Service was cut between Reservoir and Riverside.
Lizzy Tomei
The Green Line experienced severe delays on June 30, 2015, after a fire broke out on a train.
Jessica Barlett/Boston Business Journal
On August 21, 2015, a fire broke out in South Station. An insulator supporting the third rail of the Red Line caught fire. Shuttle buses replaced Red Line trains in both directions between Park Street and JFK/UMass.
necn
On October 2, 2015 service between Fenway and Reservoir was suspended on the Green Line's D branch after a tree branch fell on wires near Reservoir Station.
@Chrisflow21
On January 21, smoke came out of an Orange Line train in Forest Hills.
Boston Business Journal
On February 18, all trains saw severe delays after an Amtrak switch problem. Hundreds waited to board a Red Line train at Quincy Center.
@MikeDavisFAIA
More waiting to board commuter rail trains.
Matt List
And people from the Commuter Rail were trying to board the Orange Line. Crowds were backed up past the fare gates.
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