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By adamg - 3/30/17 - 3:51 pm

The T reports "moderate" delays due to a train now pushing up daisies at Malden.

There are similar delays on the Blue Line due to a deceased train at Government Center.

By adamg - 3/27/17 - 6:10 pm
Loose seat on the Orange Line

If loose lips sink ships, what do loose seats on the Orange Line do? Andrew Choy spotted this seat-to-go this afternoon.

By adamg - 3/27/17 - 3:24 pm

The T reports "moderate" delays due to an Orange Line train that reached a premature end of the line at Community College.

By adamg - 3/6/17 - 12:05 pm

Transit Police report an off-duty Transit cop who went to investigate why a T worker was ordering two people off an Orange Line train at Community College quickly found himself under attack by a Saugus man and his daughter.

According to police, the train had just pulled into the station around 11:45 p.m. on Friday ... Read more.

By adamg - 2/22/17 - 8:12 pm
Xavier Galatis

Transit Police report arresting Xavier Galatis, 24, of Medford for attacking a family at Community College on the Orange Line yesterday.

Police praised social-media users who thought the picture police posted looked familiar and urged them to check into Galatis's whereabouts. Read more.

By adamg - 2/22/17 - 10:00 am

UPDATE: Arrest made.

Transit Police report they are looking for this guy for allegedly assaulting a family at the Community College Orange Line station yesterday.

The subject depicted accosted a family and made harsh sexual comments directed at a nine year old child female.

If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous tip to 873873.

By adamg - 2/11/17 - 4:49 pm

Boston firefighters responded to the Forest Hills Orange Line station around 4:30 p.m. for what turned out to be a flame-shooting switch. The fire was quickly doused with firefighting chemicals, but power was shut on the inbound track so that firefighters and the T could investigate what happened. BFD declared an "all out" about 18 minutes later.

By adamg - 2/10/17 - 4:53 pm

Only "minor" delays on the Orange Line, the T reports.

By adamg - 2/9/17 - 3:19 pm
Orange Line snow plow

The T has hooked 80 of plows to the front of Red and Orange Line trains today to try to smash that demon snow away from the trains' air scoops so it won't short out the motors like it did so disastrously in 2015 (but just in case). Also, it will have a jet-powered Snowzilla like this to blast the snow away.

By adamg - 2/9/17 - 8:36 am
Not much traffic on Tremont Streetin the South End this morning

Tremont Street was wide open at 8 a.m. as people heeded warnings and stayed home. Photo by Pilotblock.

MiMu captured a similar scene on the platform at Roxbury Crossing on the Orange Line shortly after 9 a.m.: Read more.

By adamg - 2/8/17 - 4:54 pm
Plenty of spare train engines

The T reports it has dozens of spare engines ready to replace any on the Red and Orange lines that might burn out during tomorrow's storm.

By adamg - 2/4/17 - 11:29 pm

Around 11:15 p.m. in front of the donut shop. Police are looking for two suspects - a black man and a Hispanic woman - who fled towards South Street. The victim's injuries did not appear life threatening.

By adamg - 2/3/17 - 10:27 am

UPDATE, 1:25 p.m. The T will run buses instead of trolleys between North Station and Lechmere for the rest of Friday as it works to fix the signal problems.

The T is reporting "moderate" delays due to an Orange Line train that kicked the bucket somewhere between North Station and Ruggles. And signal problems on the Green Line at North Station mean it might take you less time to walk between there and Lechmere.

By adamg - 2/2/17 - 4:38 pm
Galaitis

Transit Police report a man already facing charges for fare evasion, threatening T workers and punching a T cop was arrested again after being caught trying some more fare evasion at Chinatown on the Orange Line. Read more.

By adamg - 2/2/17 - 2:26 pm
Carmelo Maldonado

Transit Police report they are looking for Carmelo Maldonado, 50, of points unknown, for stealing at least three bikes from the Stony Brook stop on the Orange Line.

If you see him (click the link for additional photos), contact detectives at 617-222-1050, or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.

By adamg - 1/30/17 - 6:41 pm
North Station after an Orange Line train dies

North Station still life by Jared.

An Orange Line train gave up the ghost between North Station and Community College and now people are stacking up with no place to go. Courtney Hayes reports:

A train broke down between north station & community college, 20+ mins waiting for a train to push it into CC.

By adamg - 1/23/17 - 11:01 pm

Around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, a woman was riding the Orange Line when two guys, one white, the other black, got into an argument that escalated with the white guy physically attacking the black one:

The aggressor pushed/threw the victim on top of me as I was sitting and started punching him. My glasses were broken and head scraped in the process.

Read more.

By adamg - 1/12/17 - 11:45 am
Rubber mat stretched to catch water in Downtown Crossing MBTA station

Who'll stop the rain? Not the creaky infrastructure at the Downtown Crossing T stop. Mark Novak captured some T worker's ingenious solution for stopping the water plotzing on people's head in a stairway between the Red and Orange Lines. Hopefully, somebody remembers to empty it before it gives way, though.

By adamg - 1/11/17 - 12:24 pm
Sacchetti

Transit Police report arresting a Malden man on charges he determined the best way to make his point in a political discussion early this morning on a train to Forest Hills was to pull his pants down and show just what a man he is.

Or as Transit Police put it: Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/17 - 8:44 am

Shortly before 7 a.m., Tatiana M.R. Johnson got to Stony Brook, took a look at the hordes on the Orange Line platform and issued the alarm:

hey folks just go home the orange line is a disaster

Read more.

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