Mattapan Line
MBTA investigating possible gay-bashing attack on the Mattapan Line
By adamg - 2/1/12 - 3:53 pmThe Dorchester Reporter reports on an incident Monday night in which a man was assaulted by two men who also yelled "racial and homophobic slurs" at him near the Butler Street stop - and then tried to pull him off the trolley.
Trolley driver punched in the face at Mattapan station
By adamg - 12/20/11 - 5:23 pmA teenager was arrested this afternoon on charges he punched the operator of a trolley about to leave Mattapan for Ashmont, the MBTA says.
A spokeswoman said the incident happened around 2:15 and that investigators do not yet know why the teen decided to punch. The operator was taken to a local hospital for a non-life-threatening facial injury; the teen was nabbed nearby.
Mattapan Line riders get a little break from the T
By adamg - 9/16/11 - 11:24 am
The MBTA has installed a signal system at Ashmont that will keep Mattapan trolleys from leaving if a Red Line train is about to pull into the station.
T spokesman Joe Pesaturo said the system comes in response to complaints from Red Line riders who would get out of their train just in time to see a trolley pulling away.
T to roll out guaranteed parking spots at Braintree and cut prices at unpopular lots
By adamg - 6/10/11 - 2:08 pmThe MBTA says that starting July 1, it will start offering "premium" parking spaces for $200 a month at the Braintree Red Line stop that will give purchasers guaranteed spots near the station entrance.
MBTA rejects request from Ashmont residents to replace Mattapan trolley with buses
By adamg - 4/5/11 - 6:56 amThe Dorchester Reporter updates us on the T's efforts to reduce the screeching from Mattapan trolleys going around the curves at Ashmont station.
The bright side of tomorrow's nor'easter: No brush fires on the Mattapan Line
By adamg - 3/31/11 - 7:29 amLike the one that caused delays on the outbound side this morning.
Clearing the Mattapan line
By adamg - 12/28/10 - 12:27 pmVideo from the MBTA of the jet-engine powered snowplow train. Lower your speaker volume: That thing is loud!
This train is now running express to Mordor
By adamg - 12/18/10 - 7:55 pmJoe reports on the Mattapan Line's newest stop, just past Ashmont.
Word slow to reach Mattapan Line that riders don't need a permit to take photos
By adamg - 10/31/10 - 1:56 pmGuy reports (click to expand) a driver on a Mattapan trolley told him to stop videoing out the back window because he didn't have a permit - which the T stopped issuing three years ago when it decided to allow non-commercial photography.
MBTA turns to Germany for fix to Ashmont trolley screeching
By adamg - 10/21/10 - 11:09 amThe Dorchester Reporter details the proposed fix, which involves putting "tuned vibration absorbers" on the wheels of the venerable trolleys on the Mattapan line.
