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Mbta Blizzard

Monday, February 11, 2013

Trains to Boston to Resume on Monday, Use Caution at Station

The MBTA said that commuter rail service will return to normal on Monday morning.

The MBTA plans to resume commuter rail service on Monday, returning to normally scheduled trips after the service was shut down for two and a half days because of the blizzard. The T stopped running commuter rail trains to and from Hamilton-Wenham station at 3:30 p.m. on Friday as the blizzard approached. Service remained halted through Saturday and into Sunday. The T resumed some service - mostly subways - on Sunday. But commuter rail service systemwide remained shut down through Sunday. On Sunday at about 11 a.m., the T announced that regular service would resume at the start of service on Monday. The first train headed in to Boston from Hamilton-Wenham station leaves at 5:41 a.m. on Monday. And while trains plan to return to normal …

Sunday, February 10, 2013

T Will Not Run Trains on Sunday, Warn to Stay Off Tracks

Anyone headed to the Boston Celtics game on Sunday will not be able to take a train straight to the TD Garden since commuter rail trains will not run on Sunday.

Commuter rail service will not resume on Sunday as the MBTA continues to clear the tracks after the weekend blizzard and get equipment ready to hopefully get going again for the Monday morning commute. It means that anyone planning to head to the TD Garden on Sunday from Hamilton-Wenham station for the Boston Celtics game will have to drive or find another way to get there. Subway service and other modes of MBTA service will also not operate on Sunday. The MBTA says the train tracks through Hamilton and Wenham should not be used for cross-country skiing, showshoeing or walking since there is equipment on the tracks clearing snow and it is considered trespassing. In an alert issued on Sunday morning, the T said that "service will resume as …

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