Commuter alert: MBTA shuts down Green Line D Branch for more repairs

NEWTON, Mass. — The Green Line’s D Branch will be closed for the next nine days as the second phase of a repair project gets underway.

The closure affects service between Riverside and Kenmore Square.

Shuttle buses will replace train service for those stops.

The first nine-day closure ran from Saturday, September 24 to Sunday, October 2.

The second nine-day closure runs from Saturday, October 8 to Sunday, October 16.

The third and final nine-day closure is planned from Saturday, October 22 to Sunday, October 30.

Workers will be replacing more than 6,000 feet of track and station crossings during the closures.

The T is also installing equipment for the Green Line Train Protection System (GLTPS) which is being put in place to help avoid collisions and for speed enforcement.

The MBTA completed three other Green Line diversions this past summer on the B, C, and E branches.

Parking lots will also be shut down and off-limits to commuters at Waban and Eliot stations during the three closures.

The T also says that shuttle buses will not stop at Beaconsfield station during the closures, due to narrow roads in the area.

HAPPENING NOW: Repairs and upgrades underway at Waban station in Newton as 2nd of 3 @MBTA Green Line D Branch closures gets underway today.

Crews are replacing more than 2,000 feet of track and two station crossings at this station@boston25 pic.twitter.com/ozkM0Yhyqj
— Julianne Lima (@JulianneLimaTV) October 8, 2022