T Set to Extend Subway and Certain bus service on Friday and Saturday Nights Beginning August 24

By Dan MurphyThe MBTA is slated to make some significant service changes beginning Aug. 24, with subway service and service on certain bus routes extended by nearly one hour on Friday and Saturday nights.The schedules for some bus routes will be extended by nearly an hour, seven days a week, and service on specific ferry routes will be extended Monday and Tuesday nights, according to the T’s legislative briefing on Aug. 18.Due to the “heavy rail frequency enabled by new fleet perform