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Charlie now rides forever 'neath the streets of Cambridge thanks to the Red Line
By adamg on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 5:51pm
At 4:49 p.m., Brian Jacobel issued a plaintive cry for help from Red Line car 01729:
The doors never opened at Harvard, we just rolled out to Porter and tons of people couldn’t get off.
Followed one minute later by a pair of tweets from Porter Square:
doing it at Porter now too.
people are freaking out.
Two minutes later the T responded it was sending officials out to take a look. We haven't heard back from Brian, so don't know if we should head down to Scollay Square station Government Center with a sandwich tomorrow at quarter past two.
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Nice that Charlie has company.
Now he'll have someone to share his experiences with.
Same train, different car
I was on that train, but on a car where the doors opened. People trapped in the car were banging on the windows and screaming, and people on the platform were trying to get the driver's attention and even hold the doors on other cars.
I found a T person in the lobby and they got on the radio - after that train left with its Hotel California car still sealed.
No Reason To Panic—It Just Sounds Like The Train Lost Its Driver
It's happened before on the Red Line.
Update from Charlie, um, Brian
He reports the T fixed the problem by treating the train like a computer: They turned it off, then turned it on.
Also, the intercom didn't work:
They tried
At least someone tried to use the intercom rather than relying on tweets only...
I just can't wait
to spend $9.50 more per month for this wonderful service.
Valiue
Yes but for that money you get an unlimited ride, want it or not.