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By adamg - 1/24/24 - 9:19 am

The day on the brand new Green Line Extension started bright and early and full of buses: The MBTA announced at 5 a.m. it couldn't run trains on the tracks, not because they were out of gauge again but because the signals weren't working near East Somerville. But the bustitution only lasted until 5:17 a.m., when the T updated those darn signals were signaling again.

By adamg - 1/23/24 - 11:17 am

At 9:27 a.m., the MBTA reported Orange Line delays due to a prematurely deceased new Orange Line train at Forest Hills, a day after another new Orange Line train refused to leave Forest Hills.

By adamg - 1/22/24 - 4:15 pm

At 1:44 p.m., the MBTA reported delays of up to 15 minutes on the Red Line due to signal problems at Harvard.

By adamg - 1/22/24 - 9:52 am

Bright and early at 6:28 a.m., the MBTA reported one of its new Springfield specials on the Orange Line refused to budge from Forest Hills. The train has since been shoved out of the way.

By adamg - 1/21/24 - 10:36 am

The frigid day dawned on the Red Line this morning, which had some track crack near Charles/MGH this morning, but crews were able to repair it, the MBTA reports.

By adamg - 1/19/24 - 10:08 am

The MBTA today announced track work that will mean bustitution for extended periods on the Red and Green Lines next month - and a piddling two-day suspension on the southern end of the Orange Line for signal work. Read more.

By adamg - 1/19/24 - 9:21 am

CommonWealth Beacon reports Mayor Wu is looking at ways to continue the free-service pilot on the 23, 28 and 29 bus routes past its current planned end of Feb. 29.

By adamg - 1/18/24 - 11:40 am

The MBTA first reported problems on the Red Line due to some vague track problem at Broadway, but now says you can blame the current delays on signal problems at Broadway.

By adamg - 1/17/24 - 12:53 pm

Around 12:45 p.m., the MBTA reported Red Line delays while "personnel inspect the tracks at Andrew." Amy Clark reports the driver on their train was a bit more specific: Read more.

By adamg - 1/16/24 - 3:12 pm

Update: MBTA reports problem fixed, service to resume.

It's bustitution for Ashmont Line riders because of something wrong with a third rail at JFK/UMass the MBTA reports.

By adamg - 1/16/24 - 1:05 pm
Jeffrey Stewart

Transit Police report arresting a man at Haymarket station on Sunday night because, they say, he was "harassing other passengers" with his pet rats - Tom and Jerry. Read more.

By schneidz - 1/14/24 - 10:31 am
gotta' go fast

i came across this m.b.t.a. planet while playing xkcd 'escape speed':
https://xkcd.com/2765/

spoiler alert:
there are blue line, red line, orange line, green line tokens to be picked up at various boston themed locations on other planets. then you must guide your ship to kendall/m.i.t. to pick up a hyper-drive.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 9:23 am
Depressed Red Line riders after they have to exit train

Johnmcboston reported on the situation on the Red Line at Park around 7 a.m.:

The joys of the morning Red Line commute. 15 minute wait, then train out of service.

By adamg - 1/7/24 - 10:19 pm
Man wanted for slicing somebody at Wellington

Surveillance photos of Wellington suspect via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say sliced a man with a knife at the Wellington Orange Line stop around 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 29. Read more.

By adamg - 1/6/24 - 7:20 pm

A smoking electrical wire at Chinatown this afternoon forced the shutdown of the Orange Line - which the T had been promoting as a downtown alternative for the Green Line, which is shut for repairs. Read more.

By adamg - 1/2/24 - 1:02 pm
One side of the clock at Forest Hills is about 10 minutes fast

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about one of the clock faces in the tower at the Forest Hills MBTA station: Read more.

By adamg - 1/1/24 - 9:15 pm

Mattapan Line riders had to take a bus for most of the day because of a cavalcade of trolley problems today. WCVB reports that when a trolley died at Butler this morning, the T sent out another trolley to try to push it to the Mattapan yard. But then that trolley died. So the T sent out a third trolley to push the two newly deceased trolleys down the short line. It died, too.

By adamg - 12/28/23 - 2:50 pm

The MBTA alerts us, and more important, Green Line riders:

Following up on the previous announcement from December 21, the MBTA is today reminding riders that Green Line service on the B branch between North Station and Babcock Street, on the E branch between North Station and Heath Street, and on the C and D branches between North Station and Kenmore station will be suspended all day from start to end of service for 10 days from January 3-12 and for 13 days from January 16- 28.

By adamg - 12/23/23 - 8:58 pm
Versa on the train tracks

Photo of the offending Versa by TPD.

Transit Police report the B Line was knocked out of commission for about 45 minutes around 9 p.m. on Wednesday after a driver somehow wound up facing towards Newton on the inbound tracks at Commonwealth Avenue and St. Thomas More Road. The driver of the diminutive sedan told police "he took a wrong turn and ended up stuck on the tracks." No injuries, at least.

By adamg - 12/15/23 - 12:02 pm

The Most Dangerous Subway in America

Wendover Productions takes a look at the state of the T and, in addition to the stuff we all know about, gets into issues such as the "radial" nature of our subway lines (no crosstown service to allow for alternate service during shutdowns, no service to help people get around if they're not going downtown).

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