Worcester line
Service cuts? They'll show you service cuts
By adamg - 1/4/12 - 8:45 amSo far this cold January morning, trains have died on the Red, Blue and Green lines and the Worcester Line is experiencing major delays.
At 8:34 a.m., Tanya K. tweeted:
Two empty, broken down trains we will be pushing in. 1000+ frozen, frustrated people cramming into this one. MBTA Red Line. Good times.
A few minutes later, Candice Springer added:
Thank you, MBTA for stranding me outside on the Wollaston platform in the EFFING cold. Now I have to go all the way back to drive in to work
Aging trains react poorly to the cold
By adamg - 12/19/11 - 9:36 amA Worcester Line train died this morning in Natick; commuters on that train and the one behind it, which wound up pushing it into town, were, of course, seriously late.
Some trains into North Station were delayed by the ever popular switch problems. At least one Greenbush train was also late because, well, who knows?
Delays pre-announced for some commuter-rail lines tomorrow
By adamg - 10/30/11 - 5:05 pmThe MBTA reports that commuters on the Worcester, Fitchburg and Haverhill lines should expect delays tomorrow morning due to storm damage.
MBTA says all lines running
By adamg - 8/28/11 - 10:59 pmAlthough some may have some delays, the T says.
Updated Monday morning
Commuters, EMTs revive man who collapsed at West Newton train station
By adamg - 8/22/11 - 9:05 amDave reports an incident shortly before 8 a.m. at the West Newton commuter-rail stop:
Exciting AM - just did CPR on a commuter at west newton. We got to him just after he collapsed; started CPR.
And Newton EMS shocked him from vfib back to sinus rhythm ... He had a pulse when we put him on the ambulance.
Remember when the Worcester Line had all sorts of problems in the winter?
By adamg - 5/31/11 - 3:55 pmWorcester Line? More like Worst-er Line this morning
By adamg - 5/23/11 - 5:53 amTrain stuck on a switch in Worcester wreaking all kinds of havoc. Jim White reports from down the line in Westboro:
Three trains' worth of people on the platform in Westboro from two cancelled trains. Blah. Guess I'll head to Riverside.
T employees don't read the papers, apparently
By adamg - 3/3/11 - 8:23 pmSo after the four-hour ride from hell on the Worcester Line on Monday, MBCR apologized and conductors gave riders forms to get reimbursed for their trips - for both the ride out and the not-quite-as-godawful ride in in the morning. Kelsin reports what happened when he and his wife tried to get reimbursed at North Station:
When we got up to the ticket window the lady rudely asked why we filled out $12.50. We told her that we were delayed on the inbound and outbound and she then told us we needed two forms, not just one and that the conductor should have giving us two. We told her that he didn't and that the forms says we're allowed two and she just says "Not without two forms". Another employee came over to tell us the same thing.
Are you serious? Clearly communication is awful since the conductor didn't know, or didn't tell us this. Now tomorrow morning we need to ask for another form and see if the conductor still has it.
State: Land deal clears way for Green Line extension, new commuter-rail service, massive development
By adamg - 3/3/11 - 11:33 amMassDOT today announced an agreement to swap land at Lechmere with land by North Station that will lead to a new rail service north and west of Boston - and actual construction of the long stalled North Point development.
MBTA could go five loco
By adamg - 3/2/11 - 3:46 pm
MassDOT and the T have pressed into service five commuter-rail locomotives (shown here in Worcester) from Maryland to see if they're worth buying. MassDOT reports the units were rebuilt in 1995 and are in "very good" condition, and could help ease problems caused by our failing locomotives until new diesels come online in a couple years.
