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More ceiling chunks rain down at a T station, this time on the commuter-rail platform at Forest Hills

By adamg on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 5:34pm

Update: MBTA says it wasn't concrete, but about a pound of felt.

Two largeish concrete chunks observed this morning.

Neighborhoods: 
Jamaica Plain
Topics: 
The T
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Commuter rail
Forest Hills

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Comments

By Ron Newman on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 5:37pm.

Opened in 1987 when the Orange Line was moved to its current alignment.

By adamg on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 6:03pm.

With a whole new entrance built on the other side of what is, once again, the Arborway (formerly New Washington Street).

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By ChrisF on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:08am.

Those renovations took years and that winter with no coverage over the upper busway wasn't the most fun! That was just a few years ago at most.

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By Maciej on Fri, 03/17/2023 - 11:24am.

They renovated the station and installed brand new gutter downspouts but hooked them up to clogged drain pipes. With enough rain the water column reached the roof and there were leaks everywhere. Seems like the project managers didn’t see the big picture here. Ceiling water leaks are unacceptable!

By what what now? on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 7:00pm.

as many stations on the rest of the system, but 35 years old isn't young either.

By ScottB on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 11:40pm.

It's still Charlie Baker's fault.

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By xyz on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 10:47am.

You have to understand, parts of ceilings are going to hit you.

By Matt on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 6:04pm.

Apparently this has happened before

By MrZip on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 8:22pm.

...all you MBTA critics out there running around claiming the sky is falSMASH!!!

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By Rwgfy on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 9:03pm.

Which is why smart people take BPD SUVs downtown

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By Brookley on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 9:16am.

I reported concrete chunks falling on the same platform back in September, they told me they were having maintenance look at it then. Seeing this I'd guess "checking with maintenance" is code for filing the reports directly in the trash.

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By MassMouse on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:32pm.

Forest hills has to be one of the worst commuter rail stations. Creepy, nasty, and painting it a few years ago did not help.

By Waquiot on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 3:44pm.

Which was probably the source of the damage that caused the felt to fall.

It really seems like leaks like that would be noticeable. I mean, Poftak took the train from the station after a press conference there back in August. It was probably leaking on that dry day.

By anon on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 9:39am.

So how close are we to a repeat of this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig_ceiling_collapse

By xyz on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 10:17am.

I was going to say "Will it take somebody dying for the T to get its act together?" But then I remembered that people already have died, such as that guy whose arm got caught in the Red Line train door. So, there's the answer, I guess.

By NoMoreBanks on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 4:39pm.

To be fair, that did force the feds to finally drag their asses here and lay down the law. Nothing's COME of that yet, but at least the MBTA couldn't cover the whole thing up like they usually do....

By anon on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 5:01pm.

Will it take someone dying for the highway system to get its act together? Because I think people have died in car accidents at some point.