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Red Line cables that burst into flames were scheduled for replacement
By adamg on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 4:51pm
MBTA General Manager Richard Davey reports the T had budgeted $37 million in the fiscal year that starts July 1 to replace antiquated wires and circuit breakers along the Red and Orange Lines - including the stretch that caused last night's smokey fire that shut three subway lines downtown.
Davey added that just this month, T subway workers began a "re-sectioning" project to shorten the length of power feeds along the Red Line, which should reduce the number of stations that have to be closed during a similar emergency. Last night, the Red Line was shut from Cambridge to South Boston.
He praised the Boston Fire Department and T workers for getting riders out of Red and Green Line stations and trains quickly and T workers for restoring Red Line service in time for this morning's rush hour.
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bring back
The wooden escalators at the Chauncy St. exit in Downtown Crossing!
wow
Aww man - I used to love that escalator...
Don't forget the one at South Station
And didn't Harvard have one, before they extended the Red Line to Alewife?
Check out the massive banner
Check out the massive banner alert on the T web site now.
http://www.mbta.com/uploadedimages/Smart_Forms/Hom...
It's as if he reads UHub...
It's as if he reads UHub...
"Incident"/"Power Problem"/"Traffic"/"Headway"/"Signal Problem"
Why won't the MBTA call this fire by its name? Online, they call it an "incident" and a "power problem." On the Red Line today, we heard "traffic," "standing by for headway" and a "signal problem." A light not turning on is a power problem. A 3-alarm fire is not a power problem. It just makes the T seem even less transparent. And there's no story or statement on mbta.com, despite the GM releasing a statement to the press acknowledging the fire.
"Dude, I heard your house burnt down!"
"There was.... an incident, yes."
I've got to say, I was pretty
I've got to say, I was pretty impressed that they got everything up and running so fast. And I'm a fan of the new GM thus far, he seems to be doing a lot more, at least from a PR standpoint, than Grabauskas ever did.