MBTA ends its late-night service this weekend

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Late-night riders waited for a Green Line train to arrive last year.

MBTA ends its late-night service this weekend
By Nicole Dungca Globe Staff March 18, 2016

If late-night revelers try to catch the subway after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, they will be sorely disappointed: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority planned to end its two-year foray into extended hours early Saturday morning.

For the last time, late-night subway trains were expected to depart downtown stations around 2 a.m. Saturday. The T then planned to resume its normal operating hours, with the last trains departing the downtown stations at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Similarly, the last buses will now depart around 12:30 a.m.

The final ride for late-night service comes after months of hints from MBTA officials about how much the extended hours cost the agency — to the chagrin of advocates who say Boston needed the service to retain its reputation as a world-class city.

MBTA officials first launched late-night hours under Governor Deval Patrick in 2014, telling riders that the service’s survival was up to them and their ridership. Riders responded in kind, with more than 16,000 rides a night when it first started, and steady ridership in the months afterward.