Delvin4519
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One thing of note with the MBTA's New Year's Eve late night service:
The MBTA extends late night service for Rapid Transit and Commuter Rail, but doesn't do so for buses.
This means that late night service extends until 2:45 a.m., for communities like Cambridge, Brookline, and Quincy.
However, Everett, Brighton, Watertown, Roxbury, and Dorchester, having only local bus service, would still see the last buses at 1:10 or 1:15 a.m. for New Year's Eve. The last 57 bus to Watertown is still scheduled to depart at 1:11 a.m. from Kenmore! Even though Green Line is scheduled to have train service at Kenmore until 2:56 a.m.
If one lives along the old Green Line A branch in Brighton, no extended service for the 57. C Branch in Brookline? Extended service.
This does mean, through a quirk with the MBTA only extending rail service on New Year's, that Somerville now adds New Year's Eve late night service through adding the GLX to Rapid Transit, therefore providing late night New Year's Eve service to Somerville and Tufts, service runs outbound until 3:13 a.m. at Tufts.
I would've thought at least the Key Bus Routes would keep circulating every 20 or 30 minutes until the last trains, but apparently not. Would this be the case under normal, fully staffed MBTA? I have no idea.
The MBTA extends late night service for Rapid Transit and Commuter Rail, but doesn't do so for buses.
This means that late night service extends until 2:45 a.m., for communities like Cambridge, Brookline, and Quincy.
However, Everett, Brighton, Watertown, Roxbury, and Dorchester, having only local bus service, would still see the last buses at 1:10 or 1:15 a.m. for New Year's Eve. The last 57 bus to Watertown is still scheduled to depart at 1:11 a.m. from Kenmore! Even though Green Line is scheduled to have train service at Kenmore until 2:56 a.m.
If one lives along the old Green Line A branch in Brighton, no extended service for the 57. C Branch in Brookline? Extended service.
This does mean, through a quirk with the MBTA only extending rail service on New Year's, that Somerville now adds New Year's Eve late night service through adding the GLX to Rapid Transit, therefore providing late night New Year's Eve service to Somerville and Tufts, service runs outbound until 3:13 a.m. at Tufts.
I would've thought at least the Key Bus Routes would keep circulating every 20 or 30 minutes until the last trains, but apparently not. Would this be the case under normal, fully staffed MBTA? I have no idea.
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