The Conservation Law Foundation today sued Greyhound Lines, saying the company is letting its drivers idle their diesel-powered buses - and spew out noxious chemicals - for more than the five minutes allowed by state law. Read more.
Boston firefighters responded to South Station around 5:35 p.m. after somebody got on the outbound Red Line tracks at South Station and was hit by an incoming Red Line train. Read more.
Transitadvocate highlights some of the trains on various lines out of South Station that were canceled yesterday because of "crew availability issues." Read more.
Keolis pairs some video of celebrating Celts players with this advisory for Championship Duck Boat Day, i.e., Friday:
We'll be operating on a weekday schedule with service changes. Please avoid traveling into the city on this day!
The caption for this photo from the May 24, 1946 Boston Traveler reads: Read more.
Photo by Lora Power Estey.
The Boston Fire Department reports construction material on an outside deck of the ninth floor of the 51-story South Station Tower caught fire this morning. Read more.
Surveillance photos of suspects via TPD.
Transit Police this morning released surveillance photos of two men wanted in connection with a stabbing Saturday evening that sent a man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Read more.
Protesters calling for a Gaza ceasefire blocked Atlantic Avenue in front of South Station around 8:30 a.m. Not long after, Boston Police began arresting the protesters.
Transit Police report arresting a man they say went berserk and repeatedly punched a worker at McDonald's stand at South Station for the alleged sin of touching the lid of the man's drink around 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Police say the man, 34, was arrested for assault and battery. His victim was treated at the scene, police say.
Surveillance photo of suspect via TPD.
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say threw a lit cigarette at a man's face - causing a burn - and then "displayed a knife in a threatening manner" at South Station around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives, anonymously if you prefer, at 617-222-1050.
There's a switch near South Station that's decided to take the day off, so delays are starting to pile up on commuter-rail lines into and out of the station. Read more.
Sparks raining down at South Station.
Adriana Lacy was at South Station around 1 p.m. when a shower of sparks and flames burst downward at South Station: Read more.
Right out of the gate, at like 5:15 a.m., the T was announcing delays on the Red Line because of problems completing overnight repair work.
At 6:56 a.m., the T reported delays on the Orange Line after one of its new Orange Line trains developed a case of the Mondays at North Station. Read more.
The MBTA commuter-rail Twitter feed is lighting up like a pinball machine as one train after another is delayed getting out of and into South Station due to what the T says are "downed wires."
From the BPL collection, used under this Creative Commons license.
In 1935, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad introduced its Comet service between Boston and Providence: A streamlined, diesel-powered three-car train to shuttle between the two cities without any need to turn around because it had engines at either end. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today unanimously approved plans to replace the closed Tavitas Mexican restaurant inside South Station with a liquor store. Read more.
At 8:42 a.m., the MBTA dolefully reported delays of up to 20 minutes on northbound side of the Red Line due to a dead train near South Station. Or as Ginnette put it:
The Red Line train is stuck in a tunnel before South Station G-d only knows when we are getting out of here.
Video showing a four-car MBTA commuter-rail train being put through its paces in the Fall River area, using one T locomotive and two engines leased from Larry's Truck and Electric, a McDonald, OH company that specializes in used rail engines and equipment. Read more.
The MBTA announced this morning it's completed its $255-million purchase of the 24-acre Widett Circle to store and maintain trains on South Station routes - both current and planned future routes to Fall River, New Bedford and Pittsfield. Read more.
Transit Police say they remain as opposed to a proposed full-service liquor store at South Station as they were to a smaller liquor kiosk proposed last year. Read more.
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