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Signal problems begin to wear; this time they're at Central Square
By adamg on Tue, 01/12/2016 - 6:41pm
The T is reporting "moderate" delays on the Red Line due to signal problems at Central Square. Dave translates the T's "moderate" into English:
Red line is in rough shape. Been sitting between Kendall and Central for at least 10 mins.
Equally intrepid Red Line regular Jake Wark reports from Downtown Crossing that as his Alewife train just sat there, the driver informed people rushing to the train:
No need to run, folks. Or if you like to run, you can run, but we're not going anywhere. For anyone going to Park Street, you can follow the signs that say Green Line and you'll get to Park Street ... probably before this train. Just giving you options, people, just giving you options.
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"Moderate"delays = double the trip time
Nice. What is normally (not 'normally' necessarily, but 'delay-free') a one hour trip home took two hours.
Thanks, MBTA. We know it had to do with the light snowfall during above-freezing temperatures. Can't wait for a real snowstorm!
Remember
Remember, folks: pee before you T!
So what was their excuse this
So what was their excuse this time? This is an entirely underground station and length of track, and it wasn't particularly cold, so we can rule out the typical "winter" excuses. Gnomes? Gremlins chewing on the wires?
At what point can we just start calling the MBTA a "three-season" transit system, like people call unheated summer homes/cabins?
three-season transit system
I assume by "three seasons" you mean Spring 2014, Summer 2014, and Fall 2014-- the last three seasons the MBTA kinda sorta worked.
We're like mushrooms. Keep
We're like mushrooms. Keep us in the dark and keep feeding us bullshit.
Dead train on the C, too
At about 6:30. All the passengers were kicked off at St Mary's. I walked from there to Kenmore, got on again, rode to Park. Then the Red Line nightmare.
We're not going to survive even a foot of snow.
Open gates
I happened to be on there heading to Harvard Square. But I noticed, for the 5th or 6th time in the last year, when I entered the Orange Line at Tufts, that there was an open gate. So the T is losing money and gates are open at some of their stations. In the past year I have seen it several times at Chinatown, Tufts and State, every time it was past 6. How does that happen and why?
There are also gates open at
There are also gates open at Central Square just as often as not, and the same gate frequently stays open for days. Is the problem that the MBTA doesn't know about it, or that they don't have the capacity/interest to actually take care of it promptly? Not really sure which is worse...
As I understand it
when the faregate malfunctions, one of two things happen:
If the faregate decides it can no longer accept CharlieTickets, but can still accept CharileCards, it will display 'Smart Card Only". Which of course, you can't figure out until you're already in front of the faregate (and blocking other people from entering).
If the faregate decides it can no longer accept either CharlieTickets or CharlieCards, it will open up and display a 'Do Not Enter" symbol at the bottom of the gate.
Note that these failure modes have nothing to do with time of day.
Another example of the failure that automated fare collection has become.
There's Often No Orange Line Fare Collection At Tufts/South Cove
( especially during Late Night service )
How? Someone working for the Ⓣ deliberately puts the fare gates into "free" mode.
Why? To deliberately skew the passenger counts, so that the low numbers will lead to service reduction or cancellation.
Quick
WalMart is having a sale on tinfoil. Better stock up now!