Universal Hub - Blue Line

Back to our more typical vigils on the T

adamg — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:43:24 +0000

At 6:22, Miza reported:

Beware of blue line, 2 trains full dumped off at Suffolk Downs due to wire issues. No shuttles.

The T eventually did start shuttle service, using Silver Line buses, which, of course, led to delays on the Silver Line.

Blue Line shut when woman winds up under train at Maverick

adamg — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:38:02 +0000

Blue Line service was shut around 10:15 a.m. to let Boston firefighters remove a woman from under a train. A T spokesman said the woman was alive when extricated, adds, "She did not fall. She was not pushed."

Blue Line a mess after train derails

adamg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:13:53 +0000

UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. The T reports regular service has resumed.

The T is warning Blue Line passengers to expect "significant delays" this afternoon following a train slipping off the rails at Orient Heights.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo reports the train was moving from the Orient Heights train yard onto the main tracks around 2:40 p.m., so it wasn't carrying any passengers. The T has swapped in buses for trains between Suffolk Downs and Airport.

This always seems to happen the day after the T issues dire warnings about finances

adamg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:26:19 +0000

Yesterday, the MBTA warned the tax increases proposed by the legislature were so small it could jeopardize $500 million or in anticipated federal aid for the Green Line extension. This morning, as A.P. Blake noted at 8:55 a.m.:

In the past two hours, every rapid transit line in Boston has suffered some delay due to mechanical/signal failure.

Foreign visitors have passports stolen at Wonderland; seek return, no questions asked

adamg — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:09:44 +0000

A doctor from Dubai who got on a Blue Line train at Wonderland shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday with his family says whoever took the black bag he left on a bench can keep the $3,500 in cash and the international airline tickets that were in it - he just wants their passports back.

The bag contained the passports for Dr. Zeeshan Khan, his wife Yasmin, son Raiyan and daughter Sayeema.

The MBTA says an inspector managed to board the train and asked if anybody had seen the bag or who took it. One person said "he believes a male took the bag and got off at Beachmont station," according to a Transit Police report.

However, surveillance video did not show anybody at Beachmont, Revere Beach or Wonderland with a bag matching Khan's.

Anybody with information can contact Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or anonymously by texting 873873.

Stunningly lifelike depiction of the commute at the State Street T stop

adamg — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:46:04 +0000

Those infected mutants blocking your way just get out of hand sometimes.

More at BostInno.

Blue Line mystery photo

adamg — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:33:15 +0000

The T wonders if you can figure out where this photo was taken.

Teens sought for trying to sell guns at a T stop

adamg — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:08:23 +0000

MBTA Transit Police have released photos of two guys they say approached somebody at the Bremen Street entrance to the Airport T stop on Dec. 22 and "offered to sell him a .40 caliber and/or a .380 caliber firearm."

One is black, about 6'2" with a Pirates cap, dark parka with a fur-lined hood, jeans and sneakers. The other is Hispanic, 5'6" to 5'8" with a small mustache, wearing a blue leather jacket with white stripes down the arms and across the chest with some type of symbol on the upper left chest.

Know them? Contact T police at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous tip via the SeeSay app or text to 873873.

Three of four subway lines grind to a crawl this afternoon

adamg — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:56:55 +0000

What do you make of this, Johnny? Trains on the Orange, Green and Blue lines slowed due to a power problem the T has yet to identify. Officials report power had come back at several locations by 1:45 p.m., however. The Blue Line was reported back up and running about five minutes after that.

On track for Christmas on the Blue Line

adamg — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:47:35 +0000

The MBTA forwards this photo from the Blue Line repair facility in Orient Heights, where workers have made a Christmas tree out of a "bolster rack" of trucks used to hold the axles of Blue Line cars.