Rage-filled T supervisor in MBTA vehicle cuts off, gives finger to, driver in Quincy.

T workers save life of man who fell on Orange Line tracks at North Station.

Lori Magno has started a Flickr group to chronicle late MBTA trains and buses and the signs that (sometimes) announce their lateness (the ultimate MBTA lateness announcement). She describes her inspiration:

... So last night I arrive in time for the 6:25 only to have the sign say "Late 10 min" and then the sign changed to say "Late 15 min" with no announcement and North Station was left to ponder "15 minutes from now, or 15 minutes from 6:25?" GAH! ...

But thanks to a screamy conductor who forgot to check tickets, she at least got a free ride.

Got this e-mail from MBCR. As of this afternoon, they hadn't yet put this new policy into practice (at least at North Station). Hopefully, they never will.

Lori Magno takes a minute to photograph the signboard message at North Station.

When they can't even get the clocks to work right?

Waiting for the 5:52 Haverhill train at North Station tonight, I noticed a message appear on the normally blank platform information signs. It read:

ATTENTION PASSENGERS. THE CLOCK ON THE BOARDS IS SLOW. THE TIME DISPLAYED IS APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE BEHIND. WE ARE WORKING TO FIX THE PROBLEM ASAP

Mike explains why, for a change, North Station commuters got the better deal on something - the new electronic sign boards.

The past couple of days, they've had a new "alert" message on the North Station train boards. It reads:

Please purchase tickets prior to boarding. and avoid paying the On-Board Service Fee.

Wonder how much the T paid their 'image consultant' to come up with that gem?

Some of them, anyway, the Globe reports:

... At North Station, where MBTA officials have spent more than $262 million renovating the station, water poured in through the ceiling. ...

At North Station, however, T official say the problem is due to ongoing construction of a nearby building.

It's code red across the board on commuter rail right now, thanks to signal problems (every train out of South Station), a medical emergency in Newton and a downed tree somewhere in Hamilton or Wenham:

For those of you who have been wondering what the current bit of construction going on in the ever shrinking North Station waiting area is, the banner posted today answers the question.

This latest retail establishment will be yet another Dunkin Donuts.

Good news for those of you who can't bear to walk the 25 feet or so from the commuter rail platforms to the existing Dunkies located at the west entrance of the Garden building.