Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Transit Updates
Service Updates
MBTA Services are constantly updated through our operations center. Please check here regularly for up-to-the-minute updates on every transit service as well as elevators and escalators.
Click on any MBTA Service below to read more about any active transit alert ( T-Alerts) or advisory. For the latest elevator, wheelchair lift, and escalator update, please call 1-800-392-6100 (then press 6), or 1-617-222-2828.
Elevator Advisories
Elevator AdvisoriesForest Hills (842) lobby to Orange Line platform will be out of service for scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A shuttle will be provided between Forest Hills and Green Street. If exiting, exit the Orange Line at Green Street and see station personnel or use the call box to request the shuttle. If boarding, see station personnel or use the call box at Forest Hills to request the shuttle. Alternatively, the Route 39 bus service operates from Back Bay to Forest Hills every fifteen minutes or less.
Porter Square (818) lobby to Massachusetts Avenue will be out of service for replacement beginning Wednesday, January 2, 2013 and is scheduled to return to service during summer 2013. Customers may utilize adjacent Porter Square Elevator 987 located near the escalators and stairs. Please contact any MBTA station personnel for assistance.
Quincy Center (871) lobby to parking garage is out of service until further notice. Customers may utilize adjacent Elevator 810 for service from the unpaid lobby to the center platform.
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You can now subscribe to an RSS Feed to receive MBTA T Service Alerts and service advisories including elevator and escalator updates. Please follow the instructions for your particular RSS reader to add the following MBTA feed. The information is meant to serve as a resource for developers interested in working with real-time and static transportation data made available by the MassDOT and its family of agencies such as the MBTA (Visit the MassDOT Developers page for other data feeds). This is a pilot effort and your feedback is welcome to improve the service. Please send us your RSS feedback.
