http://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/7219/0 en-US http://www.universalhub.com/2011/no-red-line-north-harvard-weekends <p>Recently, if you look out the windows on the Red Line between Harvard and Porter, you'll almost always find workers pressing against the wall to let a train by. In case the water-stained tunnel walls don't give it away: they're working on the corroded tracks as we speak. However, that may not be enough time to keep the tunnels in shape, and as The Globe <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/10/22/mbta-close-three-red-line-stations-weekends-for-critical-tunnel-work/95GLlJj4uosKnQbELn6KLJ/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw" title="T plans weekend Red Line closures">explains</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The MBTA will close the Red Line north of Harvard Square on weekends from November through March to complete $80 million in repairs designed to keep trains from derailing, transit administrators said yesterday.</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>Starting Nov. 5, weekend service will stop to allow T crews to plug tunnel cracks and seal water leaks that have eroded the concrete track base and corroded power lines. Then crews will replace damaged track, supports, and electrical components.</p></blockquote> http://www.universalhub.com/2011/no-red-line-north-harvard-weekends#comments Harvard Square Cambridge Somerville The T Alewife Bus Davis Harvard MBTA Porter Red Line subway Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:32:03 +0000 BostonUrbEx 62672 at http://www.universalhub.com