Red Line is extra late; dead train makes riders wait

By adamg on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 5:26pm

The wait at Kendall, by Amy Reinhart. See it larger.

A northbound train with "a mechanical problem" limped into Park Street, where it was taken out of service, adding ten more minutes to whatever it now takes Red Line riders to get anywhere, the MBTA reports.

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Nice threads

By Crankycoffey on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 11:43pm.

Dark below, pastel above = Boston summer style

Dafuq

By Pub_lickin on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 8:53pm.

You talking about bro?

Angle of photo

By cindy on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 7:47am.

makes it look like they're all about to avalanche down onto the rails, and the misery would be over. as a red line rider, some days i kinda wish for something like that. oh and also it's probably 90+ in the stations these days for extra fun.

heat

By Ishmael Jones on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 11:43am.

The heat is ungodly in some of these underground stations during the summer, which leads to people desperately trying to pile into crowded cars to get into some air conditioning.

Yeah, it does look like the

By Rob on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 12:39pm.

Yeah, it does look like the camera got set to "Batman special guest-villain lair" mode.

For a second there I thought

By Ishmael Jones on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 10:03am.

For a second there I thought that was a photo of the Democratic presidential candidates.

There are some parallels for

By Rob on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 12:37pm.

There are some parallels for both major parties and the T.

They've gone off the rails.
Their publicized schedule and their reality run on two different sets of signals.
Their platforms and the people standing on them can get a little stale.