Shuttle buses are replacing the MBTA's Blue Line service between Suffolk Downs and Bowdoin due to an issue with the overhead wiring system near Orient Heights, the agency said Friday evening.

The MBTA first alerted riders to a disabled Blue Line train at Orient Heights around 5:14 p.m. Shuttles buses began to replace the trains shortly after. According to an MBTA spokesperson ...

The MBTA will receive nearly $10 million to protect the Blue Line from flooding. Much of the line lies below sea level, and a 2018 winter storm caused $3.5 million in flood damage at Aquarium Station.