Shuttle buses and subway service will accommodate passengers while critical signal improvements are made

December 23, 2025 (BOSTON, MA) – The MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services, the T’s operations and maintenance partner for Commuter Rail, announced today that Commuter Rail trains will not service North Station on select weekends from January through April. This diversion allows for necessary signal improvement work just outside of North Station.

The work will take place on the following dates: January 3 and 4, January 17 and 18, January 24 and 25, January 31 and February 1, February 28 and March 1, March 7 and 8, March 21 and 22, March 28 and 29, April 11 and 12, and April 24-27.

The following changes will be in place on these dates. Schedules will be available soon at mbta.com/cr.

On the Newburyport/Rockport Line, local and express shuttle buses will replace regular train service between North Station and Swampscott. Local buses will service Wonderland for a Blue Line connection.

On the Haverhill Line, Orange Line service will replace regular train service between North Station and Oak Grove.

On the Lowell Line, local and express shuttle buses will replace regular train service between North Station and Anderson/Woburn Station.

On the Fitchburg Line, Red Line to Green Line service will replace regular train service between North Station and Porter.

This critical project will modernize the signal system at Tower A, which controls all train movements into and out of North Station. It also prepares for the replacement of the North Station drawbridges in the coming years.

Keolis Commuter Services has operated and maintained the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter rail system, the sixth largest commuter rail operation in North America, for over ten years. KCS is a subsidiary of Keolis North America (KNA), both headquartered in Boston, and employs approximately 2,500 people throughout the region. KCS and KNA are part of Keolis Group, an innovative global leader in transit services with more than a century of passenger transportation experience and operations in 13 countries.

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