The MBTA is reporting 10-minute delays on the Orange Line inbound from Forest Hills due to another train with a mechanical problem.
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The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of about 20 minutes due to a train with a no doubt embarrassing mechanical problem inbound at Jackson Square.
Transit Police report arresting a Jamaica Plain man on charges he took out a knife on the Orange Line and threatened another rider with it around 3:40 p.m. on Saturday near Tufts Medical Center.
Demond Perry, 44, was arrested yesterday at the Chinatown station on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, police say.
Innocent, etc.
Boston Police are trying to figure out where a man who wound up on an Orange Line platform at Downtown Crossing bleeding from a fresh stab wound around 8:20 p.m. was actually stabbed. Read more.
Transit Police report they are looking for this grinning man for an incident at the State Street T stop around 11:10 p.m. on Sunday, in which he allegedly attacked and kicked a person, then forced the person to a nearby ATM to withdraw money.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.
The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of 15 minutes due to an inbound train with a "mechanical issue" at North Station.
Adam Liberatore reports on an incident around 1 p.m. that shut the Orange Line.
The MBTA is reporting Orange Line delays of 15 minutes due to switch problems at Forest Hills, which mean there is only one track at the station right now.
At least it's not a bolster: The T is reporting Orange Line delays of 15 minutes due to a train with "a motor problem" inbound near Wellington.
The MBTA, which had hoped to get the two new trains back in service by today, now says it and the manufacturer need more time - just how much they didn't say - to fix whatever's wrong with the "bolsters," part of the mechanism that keeps the wheels attached to the rest of their cars. Read more.
The MBTA started the day by alerting us that the shiny and new Orange Line cars are once again in the shop for repairs. This time, it's a problem with the bolsters, which need work to make them "reliable and safe." Read more.
The MBTA reports residual inbound delays of ten minutes on the Orange Line stemming from problems getting a door on one train to work at Assembly.
Transit Police officers met an inbound Orange Line train at State Street yesterday afternoon after a passenger called police to report a man in the train with an assault rifle. Read more.
Trains on both the Orange and Red Lines took a look at the thermometer earlier this morning and decided not to get out of bed, causing delays for people who had reasons to be places. Both lines are now back to normal, the T reports.
The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of up to ten minutes due to a train with one of those embarrassing mechanical problems near Wellington.
The conversion of the Government Center garage into a large mixed-use complex will require the temporary relocation of the Haymarket bus terminal and might require the shutdown of the Green and Orange Line stations underneath that, state transportation planners say. But HYM, the company that has started tearing down the garage for a six-building complex with 800 residential units, a 200-room hotel, 1 million square feet of office space and 82,000 square feet of retail space, says it is not expecting any complete shutdown of the subway station: Read more.