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By adamg - 10/22/23 - 12:27 pm

The MBTA reports some yahoo threw something on the tracks at Park Street that came into contact with the third rail around 7 a.m., shorting out the system and forcing the T to run shuttle buses between Harvard and Broadway until a maintenance crew could undo the damage. Service resumed around 8:20 a.m.

By adamg - 10/21/23 - 9:10 pm

The day after a train stopped dead between Science Park and Lechmere, service on the Green Line failed this morning due to "an overhead wire problem" near Copley.

By adamg - 10/20/23 - 5:20 pm

Oh, come on! The day after the T general manager acknowledged massive track problems on the Green Line Extension, a trolley died between Science Park and Lechmere - and then the T kept the riders onboard for 90 minutes. Read more.

By adamg - 10/20/23 - 10:08 am

1950s *Good & Plenty* Candy Commercial

At least this Charlie's train seems to run.

Jerry Berger writes that famously T-averse Charlie Baker has (good and) plenty to answer for with the latest MBTA fiasco, this time on the brand-spanking new Green Line Extension (remember when Baker got into office and said he'd likely cancel the whole thing because it was too gosh-darned expensive, and then he found a way to cut the cost by zillions?). Why, the legislature should convene hearings on who's to blame. Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/23 - 9:07 pm
Falling ceiling tiles at Government Center

Government Center just seven years after its like-new re-opening.

The Government Center T station re-opened in 2016 after being shut for two years of extensive renovations and repairs. A roving UHub photographer reports today: Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/23 - 6:41 pm

WBZ reports that well over half the tracks on the Green Line Extension will have to be rebuilt - and that GM Phil Eng says previous management knew about the problem as early as 2021, but decided not to stop the already frequently delayed construction to fix the problem.

By adamg - 10/18/23 - 10:29 am

The MBTA reports delays of up to 20 minutes on the Red Line due to a train that's decided not to run anymore near Broadway.

By adamg - 10/16/23 - 1:41 pm
Paint job for new, long Green Line trolleys

The MBTA announced today that it's going with a severe look for the new Green Line "supercars" a Spanish train company will be building, based on support from people in a poll it ran earlier this month. Read more.

By adamg - 10/16/23 - 10:34 am
Mattapan Line without tracks

Trackless Mattapan Line.

Lee Toma surveyed the Mattapan Line and the Red Line Ashmont branch, now in the thick of the MBTA's 16-day repair "surge." Read more.

By adamg - 10/13/23 - 9:02 pm

The Dorchester Reporter urges riders to plan ahead - and consider the Fairmount Line, which will be free to CharlieCard holders during the shutdown.

Tips from the city of Boston.

By adamg - 10/13/23 - 12:15 pm

Allie Hahn reports from an inbound Green Line trolley in one of the tunnels just before Kenmore: Read more.

By adamg - 10/12/23 - 6:00 pm

A roving UHub correspondent found his roving suddenly coming to a halt on an outbound Red Line train just before Andrew around 4:40 p.m. due to a wheelchair just sitting in the tracks at the station. Read more.

By adamg - 10/12/23 - 3:07 pm

GBH ponders the new podcast the MBTA started last week, then pulled after just two hours or so.

By adamg - 10/10/23 - 6:23 pm

If it's not the trains or the tracks, what else could go wrong on the T? Try the platforms. The MBTA reports outbound Blue Line trains are bypassing Suffolk Downs because of "a platform maintenance issue," which probably means something on the platform is no longer safe. Riders can take the train to Beachmont, then head over to the other side to get off at the inbound side of Suffolk Downs.

By adamg - 10/3/23 - 5:04 pm

The MBTA announced today that ferry service to and from East Boston and Winthrop will run until Nov. 30.

By adamg - 10/3/23 - 9:46 am

The day dawned bright and sunny, except on the Orange Line, where at 5:29 a.m., the MBTA announced "Shuttle buses replace train service between Malden Center and Community College due to rail maintenance work near Assembly."

This was followed at 6:36 by: Read more.

By adamg - 9/30/23 - 9:05 pm

78 Glendale St. in Dorchester seems like just the place for a large family, with seven bedrooms and three bathrooms. And one Red Line room. Scroll through the interior photos at that link. Keep scrolling. It'll hit you: A wall-size mural of a Red Line train, only one that then extends into the hallway with a door that lets you enter a "train" room that looks like what you'd get if you turned a Red Line car into a room (only with a giant circled F instead of a T).

Via Ari Ofsevit.

By adamg - 9/30/23 - 11:10 am

The MBTA had to roll out buses to replace the Red Line between Alewife and Harvard this morning after a train exhaled its last at Porter Square, the deepest station on the line. Things are now back to what passes for normal these days, the T reports.

By adamg - 9/29/23 - 10:22 am

Tim D. reports on a Green Line experience that is both funny and sad at once: Read more.

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