A woman wearing a head scarf on the Orange Line came under attack Monday night by a man who started screaming anti-Muslim slurs at her and hit her in the back with an umbrella before using his fists and feet to knock out a window, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
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By adamg - 6/20/17 - 12:25 pm
UPDATE: Both woman and violin found, Transit Police report.
Transit Police report that when the owner of a $40,000 violin accidentally left it behind at South Station on June 10, a woman picked up the case and walked out of the station. They've yet to find her or the violin, so have turned to the public for help to reunite the violin with its owner. Read more.
By adamg - 6/20/17 - 10:00 am
The MBTA is reporting "minor" outbound delays on the Green Line due to a deceased trolley at Arlington.
By adamg - 6/19/17 - 11:24 pm
John Duffill reports the Orange Line was basically shut when the third rail short circuited at Haymarket before 10 p.m. The T was continuing to report "severe" delays as of 11:20 p.m.
By adamg - 6/16/17 - 1:08 pm
MassDOT reports that ridership on the only only-in-Boston commuter rail line increased 25% during the first of two fare-free weeks in May - and 44% the second week - but then dropped back down to normal light levels when the fares came back.
By adamg - 6/15/17 - 10:43 pm
Spotted today at the Forest Hills T stop. The Staples just down Washington in Roslindale, of course, closed a few days ago.
By adamg - 6/15/17 - 6:23 pm
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays due to an inbound Blue Line train at Suffolk Downs that needs to be taken out back and shot.
By adamg - 6/15/17 - 4:22 pm
A Red Line train that left this mortal coil at Porter Square has been removed from the scene, but there are still "minor" residual delays, the MBTA says.
By adamg - 6/15/17 - 9:02 am
Photographer Derek Kouyoumjian spent a month snapping the rust and decay on the MBTA.
By adamg - 6/14/17 - 1:55 pm
In fact, the T is now running buses between Babcock and Washington streets on the B line due to a deceased trolley at Warren Street.
By adamg - 6/14/17 - 9:10 am
Earlier this morning, a train pulled into Quincy Adams and decided it had better things to do than continue into Boston.
By adamg - 6/13/17 - 5:57 pm
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the outbound Riverside Line because of a trolley that met its maker at Brookline Village.
By adamg - 6/13/17 - 4:08 pm
"Moderate" delays on the Red Line due to signal bollixation at JFK/UMass, about 24 hours after similar problems yesterday, the MBTA reports.
By adamg - 6/13/17 - 8:21 am
Photo by Mansfield Police.
A freight car full of construction debris on the Northeast Corridor tracks in Mansfield erupted into flames around 4:30 a.m., Mansfield Police report.
Crews were able to maneuver the flaming car from the area of the Rte. 140 crossing to tracks off County Street, where the thing was still on fire as of 6:30 a.m.
By adamg - 6/12/17 - 8:12 pm
A train suffered heat stroke at Alewife and now the Red Line has "moderate" delays.
By adamg - 6/12/17 - 7:09 pm
Claire Blechman shows us the hordes trying to get out of Boston from North Station shortly before 6 p.m., on a day when commuter rail tried its best to keep up with delays on the Red Line.
South Station replied, "Hold my beer," as Kevin Essington shows us: Read more.
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