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By adamg - 10/19/23 - 6:41 pm

WBZ reports that well over half the tracks on the Green Line Extension will have to be rebuilt - and that GM Phil Eng says previous management knew about the problem as early as 2021, but decided not to stop the already frequently delayed construction to fix the problem.

By adamg - 10/19/23 - 1:25 pm
Wanted for laptop thefts at Copley Green Line station

Surveillance photos via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy who took advantage of a Green Line rider's lapse of forgetfulness at Copley to walk off with two laptops early on Oct. 10. Read more.

By adamg - 10/16/23 - 1:41 pm
Paint job for new, long Green Line trolleys

The MBTA announced today that it's going with a severe look for the new Green Line "supercars" a Spanish train company will be building, based on support from people in a poll it ran earlier this month. Read more.

By adamg - 10/13/23 - 12:15 pm

Allie Hahn reports from an inbound Green Line trolley in one of the tunnels just before Kenmore: Read more.

By adamg - 9/29/23 - 10:22 am

Tim D. reports on a Green Line experience that is both funny and sad at once: Read more.

By adamg - 9/26/23 - 11:26 pm

The Globe reports on new wicked slooooow zones on the Green Line Extension, in particular in spots where the rails have gotten slightly closer to each other, an issue that left at least one expert with 40 years of experience scratching his head because rails in use generally widen in distance, not narrow.

By adamg - 9/25/23 - 8:57 pm
Car that hit the trolley

Photo by Transit Police.

Transit Police report two people suffered minor injuries when a drive heading towards Cleveland Circle turned left against a red light and hit an outbound C Line trolley that had the right of way at Beacon and St. Paul streets around 6:50 p.m.

The driver was cited for running a red light, police say.

By adamg - 9/25/23 - 2:58 pm
Car on Green Line tracks

Transit Police report on a crash at Brigham Circle around 8 p.m. on Saturday: Read more.

By adamg - 9/18/23 - 2:44 pm
Car on the Green Line near the BU Bridge

Zeke snapped the car whose driver managed to get it across both inbound and outbound Green Line tracks near the BU Bridge, knocking both sides out of commission.

By adamg - 9/16/23 - 10:24 am

The Federal Transit Agency is once against threatening to treat the MBTA very harshly after once again learning of incidents in which T workers on the tracks faced possible death. Read more.

By adamg - 9/3/23 - 2:13 pm

The MBTA reports delays on the outbound E Line due to a trolley that met its maker at Northeastern.

By adamg - 8/24/23 - 4:36 pm

The MBTA announced it's running shuttle buses between BC and Washington Street due to "an overhead wire problem" near BC.

By adamg - 8/23/23 - 5:23 pm

The MBTA reports delays of up to 15 minutes on the inbound B Line due to a trolley that got to Washington Street then decided, nope, it's not going to risk going down that hill.

By adamg - 8/13/23 - 11:47 am

The Red Line had its share of problems yesterday, but the Most Broken Transportation Authority award for Saturday has to go to the Green Line, on which the afternoon turned into rides from hell over and over again, including the train that had to be taken out of service at Haymarket because of an Elizabeth Warren of an air-conditioning problem: Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:19 pm

The MBTA reported at 11:42 a.m. that it had gone to D Line bustitution between Fenway and Reservoir "due to excessive water at Brookline Hills."

By adamg - 8/7/23 - 1:16 pm
Smashed up car next to the trolley it turned in front of

Photo of respective front ends by TPD.

Transit Police report the driver of a small SUV who turned left in front of a trolley that had the green signal on Commonwealth Avenue at Summit Avenue had to find alternate means to get home - while the trolley driver wound up getting transported to a local hospital with neck and back pain. Read more.

By adamg - 8/3/23 - 5:14 pm
GLX Constructors logo

Four construction firms that teamed up to build the Green Line Extension say the company that designed key components of the new trolley line screwed up to the tune of more than $35 million in cost overruns, and they are demanding payment, in a suit filed today in Suffolk Superior Court. Read more.

By adamg - 7/29/23 - 2:21 pm
Commonwealth Avenue near Strathmore Road under water

A roving UHub photographer who decided discretion was the better part of not getting soaked, shows us the view out his window of Commonwealth Avenue near Strathmore Road shortly before 2 p.m. He adds: Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 11:54 am

The MBTA reports that after 12 days of work replacing track the Green Line will re-open for service tomorrow morning in Brighton and Allston.

The T says workers put in some 2,800 feed of track at Blandford Street, Packards Corner, and between Harvard Avenue and Griggs Street, as well as replaced worn out wooden ties and the like.

By adamg - 7/23/23 - 8:43 pm

Around 7 p.m., the MBTA announced inbound delays of 20 minutes due to "a train with a power problem at Copley," or what Chen Cao described as "wires down" just inbound from Copley - about 40 minutes after similar delays due to a dead trolley at Arlington. Read more.

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