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Mattapan Line finally gets air conditioning - today

This just in from the T: The first ever air-conditioned Mattapan trolley rolls out of Ashmont station at 2 p.m. today. The other nine trolleys on the cutest transit line in all of Massachusetts will be retro-fitted with A/C by the end of the summer.

Wow!

By Suldog | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 10:55am

That's really cool!

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Since nobody else tried to

By anon (not verified) | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 2:08pm

Since nobody else tried to add a pun to Soldog's initial attempt, I will.

So, now the Mattapan line is a true carrier of mass-transit?

(See, Carrier invented air conditioning, and... Oh, hell.)

Soldog?

By Suldog | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 2:43pm

SOLdog? I know there's a joke in here somewhere about mad dogs in the noonday sun, but I'm just too frosted by your misspelling to come up with it. Instead, I shall give you...

The Cold Shoulder

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Sweet!

By anon (not verified) | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 1:31pm

Just in time for WINTER!

The MBTA at its finest.

PS:I just came through the Longwood and Brookline Village stops. Tons of construction vehicles (even a pickup truck or two), and not a single worker in sight. Extremely strange.

When did they start work on that? I remember as far back as at least Thanksgiving they seemed to be at least half-way done...

Winter? Mid July? Are you

By anon (not verified) | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 2:26pm

Winter? Mid July? Are you dense?

End of summer, anyway

By Gary McGath (not verified) | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 2:35pm

The post said the air conditioning would be on all cars by the end of summer. That's not winter, but there isn't a lot of need for air conditioning after September 21.

Well, they ALMOST got it right

By roadman | Wed, 07/09/2008 - 3:43pm

According to Boston.com, the A/C broke down even before anyone could board the car.

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