Regular service on the MBTA’s Red Line resumed between two stations in Dorchester Wednesday morning after a water issue near a station led to track flooding.
A pipe elbow near the Ashmont station in Dorchester “let go” Tuesday evening, a spokesman for the Boston Water & Sewer Commission told reporters at the scene. The water issue caused flooding along nearby roads and into the MBTA station, where it created a dangerous condition as it rose to the level of the electrified third rail, according to a spokesman for the transit agency.
As of around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, the MBTA said regular service had resumed, replacing shuttle buses that had been in use between Ashmont and JFK/UMass late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
The disruption came as another stretch of the subway line is shut down for repairs. Since Sept. 6, shuttle buses have replaced train service between JFK/UMass and Braintree. Regular service on that branch of the line is expected to resume on Sept. 29.
The MBTA first alerted commuters to the water issue at around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. Around 8 p.m., the transit agency blamed delays on “water from an external pipe near the station that entered the northbound track area at Ashmont.” Shuttle buses began replacing service minutes later.
