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Orange Line
By adamg - 3/15/21 - 9:01 am
It's not just that the MBTA chose today to cut service by 20% on the Orange Line, but there's a "track issue" near Community College causing 20-minute delays. Also, it's frickin' cold out.
By adamg - 3/11/21 - 11:11 am
Update: Suspect arrested.
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say broke into a Bank of America ATM at the Massachusetts Avenue Orange Line stop and made off with a box full of cash around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.
By adamg - 1/23/21 - 2:12 pm
Firefighters in the pit. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters were able to get a man out from under an Orange Line train at Jackson Square around 9:50 a.m.
He was taken to a local hospital for care. The incident remains under investigation, the department says.
By adamg - 1/10/21 - 1:37 pm
Transit Police have released photos of two women they want to talk to about a stabbing at Downtown Crossing around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 3. Read more.
By adamg - 12/3/20 - 4:31 pm
Socially distanced Orange Line riders wait for a bus at Jackson. Photo by La Bibliotequetress.
A man was hit and killed by an outbound Orange Line train at Massachusetts Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 11/25/20 - 9:11 am
Operation Ryan came across a peeled back trailer this morning at the Orange Line bridge over Medford Street in Malden.
By adamg - 10/26/20 - 9:22 am
The Globe shows how delays were already mounting for the new cars even before March.
By adamg - 10/17/20 - 10:36 am
Emergency response at Downtown Crossing. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports emergency crews responded to Downtown Crossing around 2 a.m. after a man was found on one of the third rails on the Orange Line. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
By adamg - 10/5/20 - 3:08 pm
Brian Kane reports that CRRC is now 12 to 15 months behind schedule in churning them out at its Springfield assembly plant. The Boston Business Journal reports that means Orange Line riders could continue to see their superannuated cars until April, 2023, 15 months after originally planned, while the last of the wizened Red Line cars could still be in service until September, 2024, 12 months later than expected.
By adamg - 9/29/20 - 9:22 am
The first couple of test models of the new Orange Line cars now sit with new Red Line cars in the MBTA's Cabot Yard in South Boston, which, of course, makes you wonder how they got there (secret deep-underground switch at Downtown Crossing?). Read more.
By adamg - 9/4/20 - 2:27 pm
The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of up to 15 minutes because it had to take a northbound train with a major door issue out of service at Downtown Crossing.
By adamg - 8/25/20 - 9:34 am
The T is currently busing Green Line passengers between Kenmore and Park due to what it calls "a power problem."
Earlier in the morning, Orange Line riders got to experience delays due to a dead train, which lead to un-social distancing on the remaining trains.
By adamg - 7/14/20 - 9:32 am
The T is reporting "residual" delays on account of train that had to be taken out back at Green Street.
By adamg - 7/1/20 - 10:07 am
With people feeling freer to venture outside again, we haven't had many "empty city posts. But Chris Ferry shows us his Orange Line car shortly after 9:30 a.m today, and asks:
Is it luxury travel when you have the brand new orange line train to yourself?
By adamg - 6/2/20 - 9:58 am
Transit Police report they are looking for this guy "relative to Malicious Destruction of MBTA Property incident," at the North Station Orange Line stop at the height of the smashing and looting Sunday night.
More specifically, police say, around 11:10 p.m., the guy: Read more.
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