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Why a big section of the Red Line is shutting down (again)

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The Ashmont branch of the MBTA's Red Line will be under construction for all of April.

Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA advisory board, an oversight group, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to explain why the branch is going under the knife again, less than two years after a lengthy shutdown in 2023.

This segment aired on March 20, 2025.

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