RIPTA, Peter Pan Bus Lines adding service to help displaced MBTA commuters

PROVIDENCE – Starting Wednesday, the R.I. Public Transit Authority will provide special morning bus service only, to continue to assist commuters affected by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s decision to suspend commuter rail service south of Providence.
Peter Pan Bus Lines will cover afternoon and evening trips. RIPTA will provide morning bus service until further notice.
The two stations south of Providence are the intermodal center on Jefferson Boulevard (connected by skywalk to T.F. Green Airport) in Warwick and the Wickford Junction train station in North Kingstown.
RIPTA coordinated its emergency bus service to coincide as closely as possible with times that trains would normally be connecting Warwick and Wickford to Providence, where MBTA service is still running to Boston.
“RIPTA was able to quickly mobilize and assist commuters affected by the MBTA rail service suspension,” Barbara Polichetti, public affairs director for the transit authority said in prepared remarks. “However, as RIPTA must meet regularly scheduled service demands, we’re unable to provide this auxiliary service long-term. We look forward to helping commuters transition to Peter Pan Bus Lines for their afternoon and evening trips.”
RIPTA does not know how long the MBTA suspension of rail service to points south of Providence will continue, and encourages passengers to contact Peter Pan Bus Lines or the MBTA for updates.
Passengers can view the MBTA schedule at www.mbta.com/winter/. In order to figure out the temporary bus schedule, riders can look for their usual train numbers and adjust for the fact
that any departures or arrivals to or from Warwick and Wickford will be covered by a RIPTA bus
rather than the train. They should also take into account that travel times may be a few minutes longer due to traffic.

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