 Transit Tuesday · Plan your commuting week Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | The Daily Spotlight · Presented By This spot is open. Reach 8,000+ Bostonians before 7am, in the email they open with coffee. | Weather 🌫️ 68° / 56° Patchy fog then partly sunny today, high 68. Tonight: mostly cloudy, low 56. · full forecast → | The T Today ● RL ● OL ● GL ● BL Green Line: no trains between North Station and Kenmore/Heath St through Sun., Oct. 4. Shuttle buses run; the T says allow at least 20 extra minutes. Red, Orange and Blue are normal. · live status → | Roads Overnight lane closures Tue.-Thu.: Route 2 in Arlington, Belmont and Lexington (8pm-4am), I-95 in Waltham (9pm-5am), Routes 1A and 60 in Revere. |
| The number: 20 minutes — the extra travel time the MBTA tells Green Line riders to allow while the central tunnel is closed for signal work, through Sunday, Oct. 4. The live T board | ⚾ Cubs 6, Red Sox 2 (Sun.) · 🏈 Jaguars 35, Patriots 6 (Sun.) · ⚽ Real Salt Lake 3, Revolution 0 (Sat.) · Next: ⚾ Red Sox at Yankees, Tue. (AL Wild Card Series, Game 1); 🏒 Bruins vs. Rangers, Tue. 8pm · full scoreboard → | Red Line: Normal. | Orange Line: Normal. It is the Green Line stand-in between North Station and Back Bay all week. | Green Line: Suspended through Sun., Oct. 4, North Station to Babcock St (B), Kenmore (C, D) and Heath St (E). Shuttle buses stop at Copley/Back Bay, Hynes and Kenmore; Route 39 and 57 buses are fare-free. Also closed: Symphony, Brandon Hall (C) and Dean Road inbound (C). | Blue Line: Normal on weekdays. Delays Sat.-Sun., Oct. 3-4: trains share one track between Wonderland and Revere Beach, about every 14 minutes, and Wonderland collects no fares. | Silver Line: Stop closed. SL2 skips Northern Ave at Tide St weekday evenings from 6pm. SL4 detours 11am-2pm Sat., Oct. 3, for the Double Ten Parade. | Commuter Rail: Normal on weekdays. The Framingham/Worcester Line is free between Lansdowne and South Station during the Green Line closure. Shuttle buses Sat.-Sun., Oct. 3-4 on the Fall River/New Bedford Line south of Middleborough. Planned work |
| Route 2, Arlington to Lexington: lane closures both ways, 8pm-4am Tue.-Thu. and again Sunday night. | I-95 in Waltham: lane closures, about 9pm-5am Tue.-Thu. | Revere and Saugus: Route 1A lane closures 7pm-5am, Route 60 westbound 9pm-7am, and Route 1 northbound in Saugus 9pm-5am, Tue.-Thu. | Route 38 southbound, Somerville: lane closures 9pm-5am Tue.-Thu. Friday night: Route 2 westbound and I-95 northbound in Lexington, 8pm-2am. Planned closures |
| MBTA: the tunnel shutdown is signal work the Green Line needs before its new trains can run, per CommonWealth Beacon. Read | MBTA: extra weekend trains run between Beverly and North Station for Salem’s Haunted Happenings every October weekend from Oct. 3, and bikes are not allowed on weekend trains, per the T. Planned service | Amtrak: weekend service between New York and Boston is reduced through Nov. 1 for track work, and the Downeaster runs an adjusted schedule through Oct. 11, per Amtrak. Amtrak in Boston | Logan: Massport’s search for a new "Voice of Logan" for the airport’s announcements takes auditions through Sun., Oct. 4. Getting to Logan | On board: a local rock band is hosting concerts on MBTA trains, per Boston.com. Read |
| The home opener. No Green Line trains at North Station this week: take the Orange Line. | Author Talk: N.K. Jemisin · Free · Tonight 6pm · Central Library, Copley Square Revolutionary ideas in fantasy fiction. Copley’s Green Line stop is closed; Orange Line to Back Bay is a short walk. | Across from South Station on the Red Line, so the Green Line closure does not touch it. |
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