Matt Conti shows us a boat on dry land in the North End after the storm overnight. He has more photos of damage in the North End.
John Hanzl surveyed the damage along Harbor Towers: Read more.
Hey, there! Log in / Register
Lowell Line
By adamg - 8/29/19 - 4:00 pm
An equipment malfunction at a Green Line Extension project in Somerville has forced the T to cancel all service on the Lowell Line between Anderson/Woburn and North Station today, MassDOT reports. Read more.
By adamg - 7/8/19 - 6:17 pm
Laura Wareck is among the jammed-in riders at North Station, where a Lowell Line train seems to have left this mortal coil.
Meanwhile, the Red Line is busy Red Line'ing.
By adamg - 3/8/18 - 7:52 am
Tree stopped the Riverside Line. Photo by MBTA.
Buses are running along the Riverside Line this morning after a tree tried to plunge to the ground early this morning only to be stopped by overhead wires. The C and E lines had issues, too, if not of the tree variety. Read more.
By adamg - 10/14/16 - 2:02 pm
At 1:35 p.m., the MBTA sent out this tweet:
Lowell Train 319 (1:15 pm outbound) is operating 15-25 minutes behind schedule between North Station and Lowell due to terminal congestion.
By adamg - 5/24/16 - 7:45 am
All sorts of mishegas going on on the Lowell Line this morning due to signal problems at Anderson/Woburn.
By adamg - 4/29/16 - 6:32 am
Transit Police report a man was hit and killed by a Lowell Line train near 662 Boston Ave. in Medford around 7 p.m. on Thursday.
By adamg - 10/16/15 - 2:30 pm
The driver of a tractor-trailer had some trouble making the turn onto High Street at the West Medford stop on the Lowell Line this morning, taking out the crossing gates and becoming an instant obstacle to rush-hour trains, as Colleen Mirabello shows us.
Ken Krause has photos of the quick work to remove the truck, the now ruined crossing gates and a light pole the truck also took out, and posted video showing some of the aftermath of having a crossing in the middle of a city with no crossing gates: Read more.
By adamg - 3/18/14 - 8:11 pm
It's not even in the top five best fare-evasion tricks on that beknighted line, Sons of Franky Cabot says, not when you have examples like the guy in the restroom, whom a conductor patiently waited for:
When asked for a ticket, the guy claimed he was on the previous train into Boston, experienced a “seve-ah diarrhea attack” and couldn’t dethrone in time for the next trip. Needless to say, that ride was on the State. Nobody in history has ever debunked an explanation that involved diarrhea.
By adamg - 2/20/14 - 6:13 pm
Somewhere on the Red Line, a train bound for Alewife flatlined, leaving some riders with nothing to do but admire the ice patterns on the river below.
The 5:30 train to Lowell died in Woburn.
By adamg - 1/9/14 - 7:49 am
An inbound Orange Line train lay down and died this morning at North Station. Jennifer, who was on the train, reports:
They said “train is out of service”, but not letting anyone off. WTF.
The driver then came by each car and opened one door to let riders exit.
A Green Line train headed to Cleveland Circle decided it like Park Street just fine and refused to go further.
On the Lowell Line, a section of track made like a bad tooth and cracked.
By adamg - 3/13/13 - 5:25 pm
Emmie reports from the 4:40 p.m. train to Lowell, which confidently rolled out of North Station, then promptly suffered a fatal heart attack some sort of problem and now the brakes won't release.
UPDATE, 5:36: Emmie reports the T has offloaded passengers to the 5:10 train, which, obviously, is a bit late.
By adamg - 2/12/13 - 9:43 am
Transit Police report arresting a Boston man on charges he openly masturbated on an inbound Lowell Line train yesterday evening.
By adamg - 6/30/11 - 5:29 pm
Kat MacArthur reports:
Testing out the quiet car on Lowell line. Right now someone is on cell phone. ...
Conductor told woman not to use cellphone in quiet car. As he exits, "I pay $300 a month. I don't care" she did hang up
By adamg - 10/28/10 - 6:03 pm
Christopher Hunt photographed a self-seating commuter on the 5:30 train to Lowell today:
By adamg - 4/21/10 - 8:57 am
UPDATE: Sounds like suicide by train - Martin Clinton was at the station and saw the person jump.
This time, in Winchester, Channel 25 reports. The Lowell line is, of course, now experiencing major delays.
On Monday, a boy, 13, was struck and killed by a train while walking on the tracks.
Support Universal Hub
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
