Charles/MGH
Long lines at Charles/MGH
By adamg - 2/4/12 - 1:38 pm
Photographynatalia took this photo of the shadows at the Red Line stop the other day.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
And here's why you'll never catch some people riding the T without pants
By adamg - 1/9/12 - 12:54 pmThe morning after No Pants Day, Gretchen Bostrom tweets (don't read if eating):
MBTA to replace plywood covering dangerous holes with something a bit stronger
By adamg - 3/31/11 - 7:34 amThe Globe reports on yesterday's dramatic Red Line rescue and says the T is reacting to "poor decision making" that led to deadly holes being covered with Bounty towels plywood by ordering all such sheets replaced with steel.
MBTA worker falls 35 feet into shaft at Charles/MGH
By adamg - 3/30/11 - 5:01 am
Worker with two broken legs being winched up from shaft. Photo by BFD.
UPDATE: 8:05 a.m. Dan Tobin tweets the Red Line is running again - packed to the gills. The Globe has details on the incident.
UPDATE, 7 a.m.: They got him out and he's alive.
Firefighters are at the Charles/MGH T stop this morning, attempting to extricate an MBTA power-department worker who fell 35 feet in a 2x2 concrete shaft around 4:30 a.m.
Buses are substituting for Red Line service between Kendall and Broadway.
At the scene. Photo by BFD.
T pet parade: Pooping parrot plasters passenger
By adamg - 3/6/11 - 2:11 pmHard on the heels of last night's parrot report from the Red Line comes Libberding's report from around noon today:
was red line @ mgh. Older gentleman with a cart had a parrot. It climbed up to his shoulder and pooped on him.
Margaret introduces us to the concept of service parrots and wonders if the guy is a regular at one MIT library who has one - although she adds his parrot is better behaved than the Red Line bird - and potty trained.
Ed. question: What's next on the Red Line? A pot-bellied pig?
Alleged Red Line butt grabber nabbed through his Charlie Ticket and his chubby cheeks
By adamg - 12/23/10 - 2:32 pm
MBTA Transit Police report arresting a Massachusetts Bay Community College student yesterday on charges he fondled a woman's buttocks on a Red Line train between Charles/MGH and Park Street last month.
Brian Canning, 26, was charged with indecent assault and battery after his alleged victim spotted him again last week, about a month after the initial attack.
Cascading pile of problems brings Red Line to its knees
By adamg - 3/22/10 - 7:44 amIt's not just that there was a "medical emergency" at Charles/MGH (although if you're going to have a medical emergency ..), but that an inbound train chose to die on the Longfellow this morning
"The worst is having people walk by, watching you not move," Marti V. tweets. At least, until somebody pushes the emergency button, apparently just because they can.
Ben Becker adds: "On bridge for at least 30 min, probably 40. Charles platform now so packed that people can't move."
Photo of Charles/MGH platform after the T asked everybody to just walk to Park Street.
Which line do you think has more dysfunctional trains: Red or Green?
By adamg - 8/27/09 - 8:06 amThe MBTA reports a dead Red Line train at Charles/MGH.
Red Line riders: It's such a nice day, why not walk across the Longfellow?
By adamg - 8/6/09 - 4:11 pmAntsy tweets it just took 20 minutes to get from Kendall to Charles/MGH on the Red Line.
UPDATE: Not wanting to feel left out, the Green Line is having problems too, this time due to power issues at Government Center.
