MBTA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUBWAY & BUS SERVICE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Today, MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas announced a schedule for extra service to support the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 16th. Extra Red Line trains will be added to the normal Sunday schedule to carry heavier than normal ridership expected to be traveling to South Boston for the parade.

The MBTA is prepared to provide extra trains, and additional personnel to help ensure a smooth flow, especially at key Red Line locations like Broadway and Andrew Stations in South Boston. Extra MBTA Police will patrol the system throughout the day particularly during the parade to assist with crowd control and safety.

“Customers are urged to take advantage of the most convenient, hassle free mode of travel to the parade – public transportation,” said MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas. “With the extra service, and personnel on hand to assist customers, taking the T is the best choice.”

Eight MBTA bus routes are affected by the parade, including two routes halted for its duration. Passengers may want to make alternate arrangements, or travel earlier in the day if they must use these buses.

Beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m., the following bus routes will be affected until the parade is over:

Route #9 (City Point – Copley), and the Route #11 (City Point – Downtown) will CEASE service until the parade is finished at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Route #10 bus (City Point – Copley Sq. via Andrew Station and South End Medical Area) will run from South Bay Mall to Copley Square until the end of the parade.
Route #16 bus (Fields Corner – JFK Station) will change its route. Inbound and outbound buses will travel their normal routes between Columbia Road, but will not travel to Andrew Station, using Columbia Road to Kusciusko Circle and JFK Station instead.
Route #17 bus (Fields Corner – Andrew Station) will change its route. Inbound and outbound buses will travel their normal routes between Columbia Road, but will not travel to Andrew Station, using Columbia Road to Kusciusko Circle and JFK Station instead.
Route #18 bus (Ashmont Station – Andrew Station) will change its route. Inbound and outbound buses will travel their normal routes between Columbia Road, but will not travel to Andrew Station, using Columbia Road to Kusciusko Circle and JFK Station instead.
Route #47 (Central Square – Cambridge/Broadway) will change its route. Inbound/Outbound buses regular route to Albany Street. Buses will not travel to Broadway Station.

** Route 07 – The route (which normally does not run on Sunday’s) will operate from South Station to City Point from 7:00AM until 2PM. The trips will run on the top of the hour from City Point and the bottom of the hour from South Station.

For your convenience, the parade route is listed below:

~    Parade begins at 12:45 p.m. and proceeds up West Broadway to
East Broadway to P Street
~    Parade takes a right onto P Street and a right onto East Fourth Street
~    Parade then takes a left onto K Street, a right onto East Fifth Street to I St.
~    Parade takes a right onto I Street to East Fourth Street
~    Parade takes a left on East Fourth, a left onto G Street to Thomas Park, a right onto Telegraph Street, and a left onto Dorchester St. to Andrew Sq.