Frustrated passengers endure long journey on the Red Line

BRAINTREE — Diane Gallow, 71, was waiting at the MBTA’s Red Line stop here around 9:30 a.m. to take her friend Mary Ann Calderwood, 72, to an appointment at Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston.

Gallow said the two women from Pembroke had planned on driving because of the Red Line problems, but “there was too much traffic.”

Instead, they started their commute “even earlier than we anticipated” and hoped they’d make it to the 11 a.m. appointment on time.

They weren’t worried about part of the Red Line being shut down starting at 11, and would likely take one of the shuttle buses being provided between the JFK station and Quincy.

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