With the shutdown of the Red Line’s Ashmont and Mattapan branches a month away, top MBTA officials last Wednesday toured the JFK/UMass transit hub, which is slated to receive a coat of paint and other upgrades during the closure, which is scheduled to start Sat., Oct. 14, and last until Sunday, Oct. 29. The result, T officials have said, will be faster trains, at least on the
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MBTA officials on Friday abruptly closed Savin Hill Station to riders after inspections to two staircases between the lobby and the train platform. The station is scheduled to reopen to riders on Saturday. “Structural engineering consultants last evening recommended closing one of the staircases following an inspection,” T spokesman Joe Pesaturo said in an email.
An MBTA spokesperson said they made the decision to close the station following inspections of two staircases between the lobby and the train platform.