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Storm vs. Orange Line: Storm wins
By adamg on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 7:11pm
Train-stopping tree. Photo by MBTA.
Around 6:30 p.m., the Orange Line came to a stop when a tree fell on the tracks between Jackson Square and Stony Brook. At 7:05, the T reported normal service had resumed, and of course by "normal," they mean with those "residual delays."
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Tree vs. Orange Line
I had the luck to be on the first train affected by the tree problem. ;~{
Not as bad as Monday afternoon/evening on the red line
signal problems or some such feces at south station. It was HELLACIOUS at Charles St. at around 5:30PM onwards. T public address woman speaking unintelligible broken English. The delays were still a major problem at Kendall going back over the bridge at around 7:30PM. One of the worse days I've had on the T in years.
Residual delays
Got on the Orange Line around 6:20 at downtown crossing and dodged the car that had a shouting preacher with a sign telling me I was going to burn for all my sins. Consequentially we were delayed at Back Bay while a T security took his sweet time escorting the belligerent man off the train. So in case anyone was wondering, that was the next "residual delay."
Sorry the "T security" didn't
Sorry the "T security" didn't move fast enough for you. There was actually a full out altercation involving that individual, and in the process, a 10 year old bystander was injured. So, in addition to removing someone from the train, they also had to deal with the medical call, and at the same time interview witnesses and collect information to make sure they had the right guy and the whole story.
If this is the same guy I'm thinking of
He is truly an aggressive nuisance. He has been kicked off of trains and buses before, and I have the unfortunate privilege to apparently live in his neighborhood and see him all the time on the T. He screams, aggressively, directly at people in their faces while they wait to board their bus; he screams while on transit itself, to a train/busload of trapped people.
I'm glad to see that in this case MBTA police acted and took care of it (very unfortunate that a child was injured in the process). I just wonder whether the MBTA has the legal ability after this incident to issue a trespass order against him so he can be preemptively removed in the future? I don't relish the idea of denying someone access to mass transit, but I think the comfort and safety of the general public might be worth it in this situation. Thoughts?
B Line was half an hour late
B Line was half an hour late yesterday then turned into a double express, ended up walking a good deal of the trip. F the T.