Another one of those mornings on the Orange Line north of town
The morning started off with delays due to unspecified debris on the tracks (we like to think of it as being the remains of a snack by the blind white wolves that roam the Orange Line at night). A train departed this mortal coil at Oak Grove. And now there are signal problems at Wellington, and you know what that means.
Nick Palmarozzo took the photo of waiting commuters, reports:
Made it as far as not-quite-Wellington before more delays: switching problem, traffic ahead AND a schedule adjustment. Harsh!
UPDATE, 8:45 a.m. An inbound Red Line train from Braintree clutched its chest just before JFK/UMass, yelled "This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey!" and died.
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highly amused
Adam, I wanted to let you know that I heartily appreciate your eternally varied prose in reporting dead trains.
I loved the Fred Sanford ref.!
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Irrelevant
Not relevant to the issue, but the platform work has been finished for over a month; wonder why the T continues to run one train in and out of Oak Grove.
I would "write to the top" at the T but I recieved no response to an inquiry on a different topic on the platform work months ago.
Call Customer Service
As much as folks like to dog the T, their Customer Service department is somewhat helpful and nice to talk to. It might take them a week to get back to you on the issue, but they actually do call everyone back! Kinda shocked.. too bad this level of service couldn't be spread out to the rest of the T workers on the system..
Thanks!
Thanks, I'll try that.
Better still
Call your Legislators and have them contact the T directly with a specific request to have the platform reopened. As evidenced by the "RoadRunner" debate, most legislators consider responding to constituent's requests their top priority. And, despite the ongoing friction between the MBTA and the Legislature over funding issues, MBTA managers are generally very responsive to Legislative requests.
Plus, as the platform work has been completed and the request doesn't require any money or legislation, this one should be a slam dunk. At best, the platform would be re-opened earlier than currently scheduled - at worst, they'll re-open the platform when currently scheduled.
It is opening soon
The wood partition has come down and been replaced with a orange construction mesh. The platform is due to open before NYE, I think.
The 2010s are to the MBTA
The 2010s are to the MBTA what the 1970s were to the MTA.
Don't forget the mid-90s
There was a span of time when we had several really nasty winters in a row and the Red Line was on life support, with the Orange in a strange way.
Call it the twenty-year bitch?
Its been the MBTA since 1964.
Its been the MBTA since 1964. I would say that as crappy as things are now, the MBTA of the mid/late 1970s was worse.