MBTA Begins New Late-Night Service, Offers Free Transportation for Four Weeks
The MBTA has debuted an extended late-night service and is introducing the new offering with a free transportation incentive for the next four weekends. In August, the MBTA announced it…
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The MBTA has debuted an extended late-night service and is introducing the new offering with a free transportation incentive for the next four weekends.
In August, the MBTA announced it will extend evening service by approximately an hour on all four subway lines, the Mattapan Trolley on Friday and Saturday nights, and several bus routes, including some on the Silver Line. The timing of final evening trips will vary by mode of transportation, but they will typically launch between midnight and 1 a.m.
The MBTA also stated that all subway lines, bus routes, ferries, Commuter Rail lines, and RIDE trips will be free on Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 9 p.m. through the end of service on the following dates:
- Sept. 12 and 13
- Sept. 19 and 20
- Sept. 26 and 27
- Oct. 3 and 4
"We're not doing this as a pilot. We're doing this as a regular service change," MBTA General Manager Phil Eng stated when MBTA officials announced the changes on Aug. 12. "We're a public transit system. We do it to provide a public service, and there's a lot of people that need it to rely on the service that haven't been able to use it."
- Evening service will be extended by nearly an hour for the Blue Line, Green Line, Mattapan Line, Orange Line, and Red Line on Friday and Saturday nights.
- Evening service will be extended by nearly an hour for bus routes 23, 28, 57, 111, and 116 every night of the week. This service extension will also apply to bus routes 1, 22, 39, 66, 110, SL1, SL3, and SL5 on Friday and Saturday nights.
- Bus routes 1, 15, 22, 23, 28, and 31 will become Frequent Bus Routes with service every 15 minutes or better all day, every day, 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sundays.
