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Orange Line rider punched in the mouth when he asks some teens to stop aggro-blocking the doors with their Bluebikes

By adamg - 8/14/23 - 2:34 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for a teen they say punched a man in the mouth on an Orange Line car at Downtown Crossing around 9 p.m. on Friday after he asked the kid and his pals to stop threatening other passengers and blocking the train's doors with their Bluebikes. Read more.

Canton train bridge racks up impressive victory over out-of-state trucker

By adamg - 8/14/23 - 9:41 am

Inspecting where the trailer roof used to be. Photo via TPD.

Around 6 a.m. on Friday, a truck driver from Columbus, OH, found out what happens when you ignore the "Low Clearance" sign on a railroad bridge after disregarding the "posted warning signs of height restrictions" in Canton. Read more.

Green Line delay due to AC problem was listed; T tried to fix it, nevertheless, it persisted

By adamg - 8/13/23 - 11:47 am

The Red Line had its share of problems yesterday, but the Most Broken Transportation Authority award for Saturday has to go to the Green Line, on which the afternoon turned into rides from hell over and over again, including the train that had to be taken out of service at Haymarket because of an Elizabeth Warren of an air-conditioning problem: Read more.

Some Medford kids figured out how to hack CharlieCards to get free rides

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 9:34 am

Wired reports that a couple of students at Medford Vocational-Technical High School (note to Wired: It's in Medford, not Boston) read about how back in 2008, some MIT students figured out how to hack CharlieTickets, and that intrigued them, and they looked into it. Read more.

Commuter rail not at its best: Delays to and from north and west

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 8:51 am

Keolis first reported that train 143 from North Station to Newburyport was 35 to 45 minutes late due to a "mechanical issue," then updated the train was simply canceled and dumped its passengers at Beverly. Read more.

Orange Line rider threatened with knife after refusing to let strange guy use his phone, police say

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 1:15 pm

Transit Police report arresting a West Roxbury man they say became outraged that another rider wouldn't let him use his phone, so he whipped out a knife and threatened the rider with it yesterday afternoon. Read more.

It's enough to give you chills: There's flooding at Brookline Hills

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:19 pm

The MBTA reported at 11:42 a.m. that it had gone to D Line bustitution between Fenway and Reservoir "due to excessive water at Brookline Hills."

Driver learns why you shouldn't turn left in front of a trolley that has the green signal, police say

By adamg - 8/7/23 - 1:16 pm

Smashed up car next to the trolley it turned in front of

Photo of respective front ends by TPD.

Transit Police report the driver of a small SUV who turned left in front of a trolley that had the green signal on Commonwealth Avenue at Summit Avenue had to find alternate means to get home - while the trolley driver wound up getting transported to a local hospital with neck and back pain. Read more.

We are not lying: Red Line trains keep dying

By adamg - 8/7/23 - 9:43 am

At 7:51 a.m., the MBTA announced delays of up to 15 minutes on the Red Line due to a train that diverted to the River Styx near Broadway. Read more.

Woman who asks some teens to quiet down on the Red Line gets shot in the face with a gel gun, police say

By adamg - 8/5/23 - 2:55 pm

Transit Police report arresting several teens they say responded to a woman's request to settle down on the Red Line Thursday night by pointing gel-pellet guns at her - with one opening fire and shooting her in the mouth. Read more.

The train hit the curve at Dudley Street at 60 or 65 m.p.h.; the driver had no chance

By adamg - 8/4/23 - 2:46 pm

Subway trains lie scattered about curve at Dudley Street

Contemporary newpaper photo. The A car was the lead car; C initially stayed, mangled, on the tracks, workers pushed it down to the street to remove it. See it larger.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Aug. 4, 1910, Thomas Manning, a veteran motorman for the Boston Elevated Railway, widely known as a careful and sober driver, picked up a four-car train at Egleston Square from the crew that had just let off the last passengers of the night at Forest Hills to guide it into the Guild Street yard near Dudley station for several hours of cleaning and repairs. Read more.

Companies that built the Green Line Extension sue the company whose flawed construction plans they say they were forced to fix

By adamg - 8/3/23 - 5:14 pm

Four construction firms that teamed up to build the Green Line Extension say the company that designed key components of the new trolley line screwed up to the tune of more than $35 million in cost overruns, and they are demanding payment, in a suit filed today in Suffolk Superior Court. Read more.

It's become the Blue Line riders' bane: Signal woes at Orient Heights remain

By adamg - 8/2/23 - 7:26 am

Update: The T reported at 9:17 a.m. the problem was fixed and things were back to what passes for normal these days.

Good thing the T has all these alternatives to the Sumner Tunnel in place because it's reporting there are still signal problems at Orient Heights causing all sorts of delays on the Blue Line.

Blue Line riders say this really bites: Signal problems at Orient Heights

By adamg - 8/1/23 - 4:38 pm

People waiting for the ferry to East Boston

With the Blue Line going nowhere fast, riders headed over to the ferry, which got jammed. Photo by Will Woodring.

The MBTA reports delays of up to 30 minutes on the free Blue Line due to a signal issue at Orient Heights; says the signal department is on scene trying to fix the problem.

Things fall apart; the Red Line cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world

By adamg - 7/31/23 - 10:43 am

Bri chronicles delays on the Red Line caused by problems on four different trains in the span of just one hour yesterday evening: Read more.

Why shlep all the way to Back Bay when you can storrow right off the Expressway in Dorchester?

By adamg - 7/30/23 - 2:18 pm

Truck stuck under the Freeport Street Red Line bridge

Another Gay Boston Realtor, who spotted a storrowing at the Red Line bridge over Freeport Street earlier this month, got stuck in traffic again this afternoon when the driver of a beefy 18-wheeler tried his luck - and lost.

Convicted crack dealer sought on charges he tried to shoot somebody at Nubian Square station

By adamg - 7/29/23 - 6:11 pm

Images of man wanted for shooting at Nubian Square station

Photo of shooting and suspect via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for Andre Parham-Rankin, 27, whom they say fired a single bullet at somebody at the Nubian Square bus depot, but missed, around 5:40 a.m. on July 20. Read more.

It's amazing what clogged storm drains can do

By adamg - 7/29/23 - 2:21 pm

Commonwealth Avenue near Strathmore Road under water

A roving UHub photographer who decided discretion was the better part of not getting soaked, shows us the view out his window of Commonwealth Avenue near Strathmore Road shortly before 2 p.m. He adds: Read more.

MBTA says B Line to re-open tomorrow

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 11:54 am

The MBTA reports that after 12 days of work replacing track the Green Line will re-open for service tomorrow morning in Brighton and Allston.

The T says workers put in some 2,800 feed of track at Blandford Street, Packards Corner, and between Harvard Avenue and Griggs Street, as well as replaced worn out wooden ties and the like.

New Yorkification of the MBTA begins; can MTA and LIRR veterans help right the T?

By adamg - 7/27/23 - 11:37 am

The MBTA announced today that General Manager Phillip Eng has brought in a series of lieutenants from his days of running railroads in New York to try to turn the T into a fully functioning and safe transit system. Read more.

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