North Station

Another Green Line accident: Several hurt at North Station

adamg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:08:22 -0500

Channel 7 reports a driver in a westbound trolley stopped short tonight, sending passengers flying. Interestingly, the trolley continued to Government Center, where some passengers were removed on stretchers, the station says.

Missed Connection just wants to help woman up out of pit of despair

adamg — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:19 -0500

UPDATE: The video made the news around the world. See examples in the comments.

Maybe the author of this Missed Connection will have more luck than the reporters who tried finding Our Lady of the Pit on Twitter yesterday.

Via Chessie Monks.

Surveillance video of that woman falling on the Orange Line tracks

adamg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:58:32 -0500

Still from an MBTA surveillance video just as the train stopped.

Channel 4 posts copies of three separate MBTA videos (three? Yes, three) of the woman falling off the platform - looks like one of the people waving at the oncoming train almost fell on the tracks himself.

Onlookers waving at the train to get the driver to stop:

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Near-death experience on the Orange Line

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:14 -0500

Rick Sawyer reports he was on the inbound Orange Line platform at North Station last night when a woman fell on the tracks - just as a train was approaching:

... It was like a movie. The train stopped inches away from the woman's unstirring body, the frontmost part actually hanging over her. For a nauseating moment, we thought she had been killed—by the train or by the third rail. The conductor burst out of the front train compartment, the color draining from her face, repeating "Oh my God." ...

What happened to the sliding door

roadman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:47:19 -0400

on the end of the Garden-side entrance to North Station Orange/Green Line subway? It's been removed and the hole covered over with plywood.

If and when it is eventually replaced, I hope the T puts in a pair of normal swinging doors instead.

Panhandler finds a captive audience at North Station

adamg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:50:30 -0400

Mitch Blum tweets:

bummy kid shaking down commuters for cash on the [Newburyport/Rockport] train at N. Station...he scored $11.

Trolley needs to be taken out and shot, at North Station

adamg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:37:02 -0400

Delays inbound as a result, the T reports.

Electrical explosion forces evacuation of Green Line commuters near North Station

adamg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:17:05 -0400

Boston Police tweet an "electrical fire" at North Station has shut down the area and that Green Line passengers are being evacuated from the tunnel. "Expect delays," they laconically advise. The T reports no Green Line service north of Government Center, blames "a disabled train" and power problems. Look in the comments below for an eyewitness account and a possible explanation of what happened.

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More wire woes on the Green Line

adamg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:30 -0400

No Green Line service north of Government Center thanks to "a wire problem" at North Station.

Revives flashbacks of Saturday's Green Line mess.

No service on Newburyport/Rockport line

adamg — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:24:29 -0400

Passengers being told to take the Blue Line to Wonderland to get a shuttle bus to Lynn. Did a train hit somebody? Yes, in Everett.