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Teen jumps in front of Red Line train at Shawmut, is pulled out alive

By adamg - 9/14/22 - 9:15 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports on the incident around 1:50 p.m., says the 14-year-old Boston Latin School student landed between the rails and that the train did not hit him head on. Read more.

Dorchester woman charged in Ashmont T-stop restroom rage

By adamg - 9/9/22 - 4:21 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester woman after allegedly she tried to end an argument about how long two people were taking in the restroom at the Ashmont Red Line station by decking them. Read more.

Man stomped into unconsciousness at Andrew T stop

By adamg - 9/8/22 - 9:18 pm

Surveillance photos via Transit PD.

Transit Police report they are looking for two men they say attacked a 56-year-old man at the Andrew Red Line stop around 9 p.m. on Monday, sending him to a local hospital for emergency care. Read more.

MBTA to reduce bus service on many lines and keep current reduced subway service in place this fall

By adamg - 8/24/22 - 9:58 pm

The MBTA announced new bus schedules with reduced service on 49 lines starting Aug. 28. Read more.

Reminder: It's the Orange Line that's getting shut down for a month on Friday

By adamg - 8/17/22 - 12:25 pm

Commentary by Statistrician.

The T made the Ashmont branch slow its roll this morning because of a "disabled train" at Shawmut. Or as Erica Warner, who was on the train, puts it:

So our MBTA train started smoking at Shawmut station and had to be taken out of service…long wait till the next one.

Transit Police officer gets probation after admitting he beat a homeless man at Ashmont station then lied about it

By adamg - 8/6/22 - 9:38 pm

A Transit Police officer was sentenced to just probation last month after admitting he beat a homeless man at Ashmont station - and then arrested the man on a bogus charge of assault and battery on a police officer, court records show. Read more.

Of course repair work on the Red Line overnight caused delays this morning

By adamg - 8/2/22 - 2:19 pm

The T started the day running shuttle buses instead of Red Line trains out of Braintree this morning because an equipment vehicle involved in repair work derailed near Quincy Center and damaged the third rail, WCVB reports.

New source of Red Line strife: A dead train near Alewife

By adamg - 8/2/22 - 1:28 pm

The MBTA is reporting Red Line delays due to one of the usual "mechanical problems" on a train near Alewife.

You know what Red Line riders want? No more delays on the train from Ashmont

By adamg - 8/1/22 - 9:40 am

But, of course, it's a Monday, so that means a train on the Ashmont Line wheezed its last and met its maker, so riders can expect delays, the T reports.

Feds getting kind of even more fed up with runaway MBTA trains

By adamg - 7/29/22 - 4:38 pm

Karyn Regal at WBZ NewsRadio reports that the Federal Transit Administration has ordered the T to pull off the job all train-yard and maintenance workers when another train starts rolling down the tracks when it shouldn't, which happened most recently, that we know of, on the Red Line on Monday morning. Read more.

Red Line riders don't have a prayer when a train dies at Kendall Square

By adamg - 7/28/22 - 10:00 am

A train died at Kendall Square, causing delays even after it was hauled away for a proper burial.

Sorry to be such a bore, but Red Line's delayed once more

By adamg - 7/27/22 - 1:29 pm

This time, the T reports, a train with "a mechanical problem," which, honestly, could be almost anything, gummed up the works at Park Street. Or as Adam's Off Ox puts it:

This. Is. Brutal. Been on the train over an hour coming north from Shawmut.

This morning's massive Red Line delays caused by yet another train just rolling out of the Braintree yard

By adamg - 7/25/22 - 4:01 pm

A two-car Red Line train came out of the Braintree yard when it wasn't supposed to around 5:30 a.m. and then didn't stop until it got about 800 feet north of the station, the MBTA reports. Read more.

New day same as the old one; Red Line train just didn't run

By adamg - 7/25/22 - 9:47 am

Update: It was another train rolling out of the Braintree yard.

A train suffering an embarrassing "mechanical problem" refused to leave Braintree and that screwed up the commute this morning on the Red Line. Read more.

Red Line riders lose any glee due to dead train at Kendall/MIT

By adamg - 7/24/22 - 10:13 pm

The MBTA is reporting a deceased Red Line train at Kendall/MIT means delays of up to 20 minutes all up and down the line - in fact, they say trains might just stand by at stations, no doubt with their doors open to let out any cool air they might have.

MBTA service-delay Mad Libs

By adamg - 7/22/22 - 9:37 am

At 6:40 a.m., the MBTA tweeted:

Red Line experiencing northbound delays of up to 15 minutes due to a

That was it, that was the whole tweet.

Which, of course, got some people wondering just how to finish that thought: Read more.

Meanwhile, on the Red Line, man charged with sexual attack on woman

By adamg - 7/21/22 - 5:47 pm

A South Boston man faces a charge of indecent assault and battery after he allegedly stuffed his face in a woman's lap on a Red Line train Saturday morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Red Line riders in no mood for street preachers during a heat wave

By adamg - 7/20/22 - 8:59 pm

Ginnette reports:

MBTA preacher got on the Red Line and I told him "we are already in hell Sir!"

Police hunt man for attack that left victim unconscious at Savin Hill T stop

By adamg - 7/15/22 - 10:40 am

Surveillance photo via Transit PD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say punched, kicked and head-butted a man into unconsciousness on a platform at the Savin Hill Red Line stop around 7:30 p.m. on July 8. Read more.

Terror ride on the Red Line as man attacks other passengers with fists, feet and a metal bottle, police say

By adamg - 7/14/22 - 1:12 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester man on charges he turned an afternoon Red Line ride from Ashmont to JFK/UMass into ride for hell for other passengers, at least four of whom they say he punched, kicked and chucked a metal bottle at them. Read more.

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