North Station
Police to lock down North Station, Fenway Park areas at halftime
By adamg - 2/2/12 - 2:54 pmBoston Police say anybody not ensconced in a bar in those areas by the time Madonna starts to sing on Sunday will be turned away from the area. And people who are in a bar who leave after she starts belting it out will be escorted out of the area.
In its listing of Important Super Bowl Safety Tips for Patriots Fans Looking to Behave Like Champions, police say that in addition to massive presence around North Station and Kenmore Square, they will also "employ extensive use of video-cameras" to capture evidence of hooliganism.
The document warns that five or more people "tumultuously assembled" on the street can be ordered to disperse immediately.
Lost and found on the Haverhill Line
By adamg - 12/20/11 - 10:39 amA worker at Conover Tuttle Pace downtown came into work this morning rather distraught because she lost her engagment ring on the train into work. But a conductor found the ring and turned it in and now it's back on her finger.
Reminder to commuter-rail riders: It's still technically illegal to punch a mime
By adamg - 6/27/11 - 10:34 amSeems MBCR will have mimes stationed in North and South stations this afternoon to help usher in the expansion of quiet-car service across all the T's commuter-rail lines.
MBTA to run 'near rush-hour' subway service on Saturday
By adamg - 6/16/11 - 3:37 pmThe T says it's beefing up service on Saturday for the Bruins victory parade, which kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Garden.
All four subway lines will run at "near rush hour" schedules during the day. The T says it will also have extra orange-vested workers stationed throughout the system to help riders unfamiliar with how to use CharlieCards or get to the parade route.
The T said commuter rail will run on its normal Saturday schedule, but that it hopes to announce some additional service tomorrow.
Because of the expected crush of fans at the Garden, the T is urging people who want to be right there to use other stations, such as Haymarket and Government Center, or even Park Street and Downtown Crossing, and then walk over.
For sale or lease: Garage in prime location
By adamg - 4/25/11 - 12:32 pmThe MBTA is soliciting bids for the garage it owns under North Station. Minimum bid price: $65 million to lease it for the next 50 years (payable in 30 annual installments) or $70 million to buy it outright. Bids for the 1,275-space garage are due July 27 to Transit Realty.
Gilmore Bridge on fire
By adamg - 3/18/11 - 10:54 am
Gilmore Bridge fire. Photo by The Wilbur
Live wires that somehow fell from the Gilmore bridge set debris and old railroad ties on fire, causing thick black smoke visible for miles around and shutting down commuter-rail service into and out of North Station.
The fire broke out around 11:40 a.m. on the Cambridge side, bringing fire crews from both Cambridge and Boston and eventually setting fire to the underside of the bridge itself.
Jack Suslak tweeted from a train heading toward North Station around noon:
We are backing up our train to porter square to connect to red line not allowing any trains into Boston.
Bystanders save man who falls on Orange Line tracks just before train enters station
By adamg - 3/9/11 - 8:00 pmChannel 4 reports on the afternoon incident at North Station.
What is it about North Station that makes people plunge into the pit?
Major takedown in North Station area
By adamg - 3/9/11 - 9:56 am
Arrests on Valenti Way. Photo by Kristen Romanelli.
UPDATE: One of the two men arrested has a violent record dating to the 1980s.
Arrested?State Police and the FBI are currently swarming around Valenti Way and Canal and Friend streets - as a State Police helicopter hovers overhead - arresting at least two people.
The Globe reports the operation was linked to bank robberies in Everett and Winthrop by a guy with a fake bomb. Channel 7 reports authorities think he was about to try to rob a Bank of America branch on Canal Street.
Video of the action at Friend Street and Valenti Way, by John Brissette:
Think it's a Fitchburg train?
By adamg - 3/5/11 - 4:23 pm
Matthew Woitunski captured a commuter-rail train on the bridge over the Charles River to North Station.
Copyright Matthew Woitunski. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
Getting their T legs
By adamg - 2/18/11 - 8:35 amLast night, Cathelyne marveled at four women in micro-skirts, appearing somewhat lost at the North Station T stop and a bit unsteady on the high heels they were wearing.
