Orange Line

Orange Line train at surface-level station

Closures scheduled in 2025*:

  • July 26 - August 24 (active): No Forest Hills-bound service at Jackson Square after 9:00 p.m.

  • August 2 - 3 (upcoming): Wellington and Back Bay

  • August 9 - 10: Wellington and Back Bay

  • August 23 - 24: Wellington and Back Bay

*Subject to change. Changes will be updated here as they are announced.

Photo by Byron A. Nash

Active Closure
&Travel Alternatives

NO ACTIVE CLOSURE

Next closure: August 2 - 3, Wellington - Back Bay

MBTA alternatives:

Information from MBTA.

  • ADA-accessible shuttle buses will run between Wellington and North Station. Green Line service is available between North Station and Copley/Back Bay.

  • Express shuttle buses will operate directly between Wellington and North Station.

  • Fare gates will be open at Wellington, North Station, Back Bay, and the inbound side of Copley to connect to the Green Line

  • Commuter Rail service will be free between Oak Grove, Malden Center, and North Station.

Green Line service transfers:

  • North Station (Transfer within Station to Green Line)

  • Haymarket (Transfer within Station to Green Line)

  • State (Use Government Center, 0.2 mi.)

  • Downtown Crossing (Use the Winter St Concourse to Park Street, 0.2 mi.)

  • Chinatown (Use Boylston, 0.1 mi.)

  • Tufts Medical Center (Use Boylston, 0.3 mi.)

  • Back Bay (Use Copley, 0.2 mi.)

Other alternatives:

Buses along shuttle route:

  • Route 93: Sullivan Square to North Station via the Navy Yard

  • Routes 11 (northbound-only), SL4, and SL5 travel between Tufts Medical Center and Chinatown

To Downtown:

  • Routes 109 and 91 connect from Sullivan Square to the Green Line near East Somerville (5-minute walk from Washington St @ New Washington St or Washington St @ Medford St).