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By adamg - 6/20/23 - 9:58 am
Photos of alleged attackers

Photos via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a pair of allegedly angry Green Line riders for an attack on a trolley between Park and Boylston in which the man repeatedly punched the victim in the head around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Police provided this account: Read more.

By adamg - 6/20/23 - 9:35 am

Transit Police report that when the driver of a T bus near South Bay tried to get three disorderly teens to quiet down, one of them shot him with a BB gun, around 6 p.m. on Monday. The three then jumped off the bus, but police report they found them in Andrew Square and arrested the alleged shooter. The operator declined medical attention, police say.

Earlier:
Three teens shoot T bus driver with BB guns in Mattapan, police say

By adamg - 6/18/23 - 6:47 pm

A dead trolley at Hynes means outbound Green Line service is facing at least 20 minute delays, just as people are relying on the Green Line to get to Kenmore for the Sox/Yankees game. Or as Michelle Greenberg reports:

Stuck on green line trying to get to Fenway. Train lost power all green line shut down

By adamg - 6/14/23 - 8:44 am

Transit Police report arresting a man they say demanded a cigarette from a couple standing on the Red Line platform at Quincy Center, then hit the man with a bottle and threatened to stab the woman, around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/14/23 - 8:37 am

John Rafferty, 69, of Hale’s Location, NH, this week pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme in which he and his alleged accomplice, Keolis Commuter Services Assistant Chief Engineer John Pigsley, stole several million dollars worth of trucks and services through bogus invoices to Rafferty's contracting company. Read more.

By adamg - 6/14/23 - 8:11 am

Transit Police report that when a Route 28 driver stopped to pick up three teens outside the BPL branch on Blue Hill Avenue around 1 a.m. on Monday, they whipped out pellet guns and began shooting the driver.

Despite their close range, the three did not injure the driver, police say, adding they then ran away.

By adamg - 6/12/23 - 3:15 pm
Derailed wheels at Packards Corner

Photo by Lipistickey.

It's buses all the way down as the T replaces B Line trolleys after one came off the rails at Packards Corner around 2:10 p.m. Lipistickey surveyed the damage, can only marvel: Whoops.

The trolley was still there at 5 p.m: Read more.

By adamg - 6/12/23 - 12:22 pm
Empty Orange Line platform

Who knew it would be the Forest Hills platform on the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing at 10:37 on a Monday morning?

By adamg - 6/11/23 - 10:37 pm
New Somerville community path

Sifu Tweety videoed a ride on the new community path along the Green Line Extension in Somerville today and set it to "Roadrunner." Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/23 - 2:57 pm

The MBTA reports that the Green Line Extension Community Path for pedestrians and bicyclists that runs along the newest part of the Green Line in Somerville will officially open to the public tomorrow. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/23 - 1:46 pm
Photo of alleged attacker

Alleged attacker in full display mode. Photo via TPD.

A West Roxbury man was arraigned this week on charges he sexually attacked a woman on a 34 bus outbound from Forest Hills and exposed himself to young girls on another 34 bus the next day, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/23 - 11:35 am

The MBTA says you can ride the Blue Line for free between July 5 and Aug. 31 - as part of efforts to reduce traffic due to the Sumner Tunnel being shut for repairs then. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/23 - 9:23 am
The train in question

The train in question. Photo by Lee Nave Jr.

An apparent electrical fire on an inbound Red Line train at Central filled the train and then the station with smoke around 9 a.m., as passengers were evacuated, Cambridge firefighters rushed down into the station and the T kept tweeting increasing delays due to what it only called "a mechanical problem." Read more.

By adamg - 6/8/23 - 9:23 am

MBTA Commuter rail reports:

Franklin Line passengers continue to experience severe delays in both directions due to a signal issue.

By adamg - 6/7/23 - 1:24 pm
Wanted man

Surveillance photos via TPD.

Updated with new photos via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say stole property belonging to a man who died under the wheels of a Green Line trolley early on May 30. Read more.

By adamg - 6/6/23 - 4:27 pm

WBUR reports on a new plan submitted by the MBTA to the Federal Transit Administration for keeping its subway track workers safe - in response to the feds' rejection of an earlier plan that put off implementation of some things until next year.

By adamg - 6/3/23 - 11:12 pm

The MBTA reports trains are running again on the Red Line between Harvard and Alewife, OK, with 20 minute delays, after crews managed to wrestle a dead train at Davis out of the way.

By adamg - 6/1/23 - 2:54 pm

A top T honcho says riders could see noticeable improvements in a year or so. But two months? Not likely, CommonWealth reports.

By adamg - 5/30/23 - 3:39 pm
Man wanted for indecent assault, whipping out his junk

Coverup provided by Transit PD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say first rubbed against or grabbed a woman as they were boarding a 34E bus at Forest Hills, then, once the bus was rolling, whipped out his alleged manhood, around 5 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 5/30/23 - 9:42 am

Transit Police report a man died on the outbound Green Line tracks at North Station around 12:18 a.m.

In a statement, police say: Read more.

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