The MBTA Red Line has taken substantial weather abuse on its train cars and its track. Over 100 buses have shuttled passengers between JFK/UMass and the two southern Red Line terminuses, Ashmont and Braintree Stations.

According to MassDOT, more than 70 buses transported passengers to and from JFK/UMass and Braintree which is the stretch of track that’s been essentially unusable since early February.

On Feb. 12, when of all things bus service was interrupted by a downed light pole causing more traffic on top of the city’s already congested roadways, Peter Ban Bus Lines offered up of its livery services to further quell the woes of the crippled transit system.

For Tuesday’s service, which is running on a limited basis after a full suspension of service on Sunday and President’s Day on Monday, 40 buses from Peter Pan were used.

Between JFK and Ashment Stations, 50 buses hit the road including 10 from DATTCO, four from Bloom Bus and two from Greyhound.

On the Orange Line, 40 buses (including 10 from Yankee Bus) are transporting passengers between Oak Grove and Sullivan.

And on the Green Line B Branch, the 57 bus route is making stops between Packards Corner and Kenmore stations. There’s no bus service between Packards and Boston College.

BostInno reached out to MassDOT to get an idea of how much it costs the Commonwealth to privately contract these buses or if they were generously donated by their operators. We’ll update this article upon receiving a response.

MBTA staffers are currently hand shoveling exposed tracks which, due to the snow and freezing temperatures, are unable to electrically propel subway cars forward. Laborers are also working to uncover the Orange Line track from Oak Grove to Wellington.