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The next Red Line train to Braintree is now arriving. No wait, Ashmont. No, Braintree!

Syvlie Tse reports some Red Line announcement derangement at Park Street today.

Carcass of Green Line trolley at Park Street

Disabled trolley, the T reports.

Even on a holiday Monday, trolleys die

Jenny Spadafora tweets there's a trolley deader than a doorknob at Park Street.

Monday-morning Green Line bonus: Three broken trolleys

Around 7:30 or so, there was a dead train at Hynes/ICA, another at, of course, Government Center, the MBTA reports.

At 8:28, Local 718 added:

COMPANIES TO THE MBTA PARK ST. STATION REPORTED GREEN LINE TRAIN W/ OVERHEATED BRAKES

Switch problems at Park Street, but not on the Green Line for a change

As Pat Goss puts it:

Looks like the green line switch invaded the red line and won!

Meanwhile, MBTA Transit Police Service Area 2 assures us:

No fire at Kendall MBTA. Red Line Dispatcher reports train was creating sparks that caused small smoke condition. Should be clear shortly.

Woman gets foot pinned between train and platform at Park Street

Local 718 tweets: Accident on the Red Line this morning. Rescue crews had to deploy air bags to move the train enough to get the victim out.

The Globe reports her injuries were considered non-serious.

Dead Red Line train at Park Street at rush hour

Of course, what better time for a Red Line train to break down at Park Street? At least it's on the outbound side.

It's a good thing the T has crack trolley-repair crews

Dead trolley at Park Street is causing delays between Government Center and Kenmore, the T reports and Darryl Fuller tweets.

Did you have fun on the Green Line this morning?

William Fleurant tweeted at 8:09 this morning:

greenline inbound @ boylston to park 35m wait so far, we're dry

At 9:17, John Zilch, Jr. wondered:

Copley to Govt Center => 35 min. MBTA, why don't your trains work in the rain? They're underground.

Stephan tweets:

I woke up this morning wondering how I could waste 20 minutes of my life today. Thanks for helping me out, Green Line!

Just another day on the T, giant bobbing-bird edition

Wha?

At first glance, this just seems like a boring photo of the entrance to the Park Street T stop. But look more closely, at the gate on the left side. Michael Femia took the photo on June 10.