There will be no MBTA trolley, subway or commuter rail service on Tuesday due to the ongoing snow and freezing temperatures.

News of the MBTA’s closing came Monday evening shortly before Gov. Charlie Baker declared a partial state snow day for Massachusetts, urging employers to let their employees work from home (or have the day off) so that crews could make headway clearing the roads.

“Mother nature makes the rules,” Gov. Baker said.

Since Winter Storm Juno struck at the end of January, the MBTA has been unable to perform at its full capacity. Switch malfunctions, power shortages on the third rail, a lack of usable train cars and an influx of public transit passengers have sent the organization into a tailspin for the past three weeks.

The constant weather beating coupled with the old age of the train cars (some of which were around during the infamous blizzard of ’78, the snow totals of which we’ve since surpassed) has caused severe delays on-end.

“Mechanical forces will continue to assess the damage done to subway cars, trolleys, locomotives and passenger coaches,” said MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo. “Bus service will be available on an extremely limited basis with various buses on snow routes. Buses will run with delays due to traffic congestion and local street conditions.”

Those to opt for bus service will not be able to use it to transfer to any subway or commuter line.

Everyone is encouraged to utilize the MBTA’s alert system for further updates.

With the MBTA down, those who are unable to take the day off or work from home will have to drive into and around the city, which is exactly the opposite of what Mayor Marty Walsh said he wants. He saw more cars drive around than he hoped for on Monday afternoon, and stated that he needs the roads cleared of vehicles in order to plow and salt them accordingly.

Later on Monday, Gov. Baker called out the MBTA’s performance as “simply not acceptable,” noting further that he plans to “have a long conversation” with T officials on how to avoid these follies in the future.

At 7 a.m. Monday morning a Red Line train experienced power failure on the tracks stranding 48 people on the track. It was evacuated after two hours.