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By adamg - 10/30/23 - 2:31 pm
Phil Eng rides a new Red Line car

Happy days are here again, rider tells MBTA's Phil Eng.

The T reports the 16-day shutdown of the two lines worked, at least so far: All 38 slow zones on the Mattapan Line and the Red Line's Ashmont branch have become normal zones again.

By adamg - 10/30/23 - 2:16 pm
Finger man and pal

Finger man and pal. Surveillance photo via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a pair of guys for some assholery turned A&B on a Green Line train near Gilman Square in Somerville around 11 p.m. on Saturday: Read more.

By adamg - 10/28/23 - 11:34 am
MBTA wire workers

They've been working on the wires, all the livelong day. Photo by MBTA.

The MBTA said yesterday it's identified the overhead power-line issues that have led to a recent spate of dead trolleys from the new Green Line Extension to the ancient tracks near Copley and on Beacon Street. The T also said it's working to keep them from happening again. Read more.

By adamg - 10/27/23 - 1:35 pm

Transit Police report that around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a man "committed a lewd act" in front of several people waiting for a train at Andrew station. Detectives were able to track the guy, who has "a history of these offenses," and issued him a summons to appear in court for being open and gross, police say.

By adamg - 10/25/23 - 1:12 pm

The MBTA reports that a trolley on the C Line developed one of those embarrassing pantograph problems that keeps it from moving, at St. Paul Street, and so it had to summon the buses to provide alternative service along Beacon Street.

The Green Line has suffered a series of pantograph problems in recent days near Lechmere and Copley Square.

By adamg - 10/25/23 - 10:07 am
Bus painted to look like a train, sort of

Martin Owens noticed this unusual bus at Ashmont this morning doing shuttle duty as part of the MBTA's Mattapan/Red Line shuttle service.

By adamg - 10/24/23 - 11:23 am

Noon update: The T reports the problem is fixed, but says delays could persist through the afternoon due to the need to send a wire-inspection crew along the tracks.

For the third time in less than a week, the MBTA has been forced to roll out some buses to play the role of trolleys after yet another power problem near Copley Square. Read more.

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.

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