Oak Grove

Don't even think anything nice on the Orange Line; you'll only jinx it

adamg — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:15:50 +0000

Karen checks in this morning from Oak Grove:

Was about to say this was the least problematic Orange Line commute in weeks. Then the train wouldn't move.

Eric Wildman adds:

What you don't want to hear on the Orange Line: "Sorry guys, this train just won't move, you will need to use the other train."

Orange Line train derails at Oak Grove; nobody hurt

adamg — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:13:55 +0000

AlertNewEngland reports why Orange Line riders are being bused between Wellington and Oak Grove tonight.

Filling a hole in Malden

adamg — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:33:38 +0000

Matt Kurkowski spotted the construction at Oak Grove on the Orange Line:

Oh my God, IS DONUT & DONUTS REOPENING?? (Still best name ever.)

Oak Grove can't hold onto its donuts

adamg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:38:25 +0000

Dave Bonner tweets another donut stand at the Oak Grove T stop has closed:

... sign said business was too slow. ...

Recycling, T style

adamg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:14 +0000

Tony tweets:

Just saw an MBTA employee dump the metro paper recycling bin into a trash can at Oak Grove. Why do they pretend to recycle? Ugh.

The T does a better job of recycling old Metros at the inbound platform on the Orange Line at Haymarket: They use bundles of Metros to sop up all the water that keeps draining into the station - and to prop up an orange cone atop the slippery spot the water creates.

March of the T refugees

adamg — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:18:04 +0000

Jen Stewart took the above photo at the Oak Grove Orange Line station this morning. She reports that it wasn't bad enough that the T bus driver told everybody to get out in the street, way away from the station. When the refugees then straggled up the road because the T didn't shovel the sidewalks, the bus driver honked at them for getting in his way.

Summer on the Orange Line

adamg — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:17:01 +0000

Jen Stewart asks:

Nothing says 'Summer on the Orange Line' quite like being stuck next to a sweaty, smelly drunk who is trying to grope your thigh, wouldn't you say? ...

The toughest choice of the morning

adamg — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:22:48 +0000

Should Patrick take the Metro or BostonNow?

When Massholes get jobs with the T

adamg — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:38:55 +0000

They park like this.

How many T cops does it take to hand out an "If you see something" pamphlet?

adamg — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:01:49 +0000

Jen Stewart reports the answer to the riddle is six:

Two to pass out brochures, and four to stand with their hands in their pockets, staring longingly at the Dunkin' Donuts stand 5 feet away.

Her mood this morning was not further brightened by the fact that they had taped off all but one of the Charlie machines at Oak Grove to funnel commuters toward those two cops. She wonders whether it might make more sense to have those perpetually angry "customer service agents" hand out brochures nobody reads and have cops do stuff like, oh, preventing more stabbings.

What the MBTA should spend the fare increase on

adamg — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:02:34 +0000

Some rolls of paper towels:

... [T]he 136 bus this morning had over 15 seats that were full of dirty water puddles, rendering them unusable. Let me repeat that: more than 15 seats were unusable. ...

Fun with CharlieCards early in the morning

adamg — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:55:29 +0000

Dinane tries to get on the Orange Line at Oak Grove this morning, only the CharlieCard readers keep rejecting her card:

... Look in ticket window. No one there. Look in other ticket window. No one there. Stand there confused. Get approached by MBTA employee. Try with her watching. Light says "already used." She tells you to wait 20 minutes. ...