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Trains crawl, riders bawl
By adamg on Fri, 07/25/2014 - 9:09am
The Red Line and the Green Line (C in particular) have had better mornings, as have their riders.
And speaking of the Green Line, at 11, some folks will see if they can outrun the Green Line between BC and Blandford Street. Watch them live.
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outrunning the B line
considering that i have seen women with strollers roll faster than the B line (around BU), i don't think it is a big challenge to outrun it :)
I think people underestimate
how quickly a B train can get from Boston College to Blandford Street at 11 a.m. on a Friday morning in the summer.
The college students are away.
Fridays are usually lighter for ridership than the other weekdays.
It's at 11 a.m., not rush hour.
Line speed is 25mph, the joggers can get up to maybe 8-10mph. I can think of certain stretches where the train can make up a lot of ground quickly. Boston College to Chestnut Hill Ave, Allston Street to Harvard Ave, and Harvard Ave to Packards Corner.
For those people counting on a breakdown to stick it in the T's face: don't hold your breath. At 11 a.m., any equipment that caused an issue earlier in the morning (C line) has been taken off the line. The equipment on the line will be cars that have been running fine all morning.
Trips are scheduled out of Boston College for 10:56 and 11:04. They will most likely get to Blandford at 11:30 and 11:38. I don't think joggers will be there by then.
The joggers were smart to pick an inbound run, because outbound is mostly uphill. If they were doing this on Thursday Sept. 18 at 8:30 a.m., I think they would have a much better chance.
I could be dead wrong, but you heard it here first.
Train departures from Boston College
3674-3850 left Boston College at 10:57
3665-3818 left Boston College at 11:04
Train arrivals at Blandford
3674-3850 at 11:28
3665-3818 at 11:29
Doesn't take a disabled train
to put things in the runners' favor:
So, what happened on the Red Line this morning?
I heard a PA announcement about "Due to a stalled train at BRAACK WHINE FEEDBACK"...
I know there was one at
I know there was one at wollaston
Read the reviews for the
Read the reviews for the green and redline on Yelp, its hilarious
Make them eat their own dog food!
End per diems!
http://red.ma.altercate.net/2013/12/11/mbta-eat-their-own-dog-food/