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Red Line delayed due to door that got stuck; riders respond with word something like 'guck'
By adamg on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 6:10pm
Adam Castiglioni watched T workers struggle with a door on a train at Park Street around 5:30 p.m., just in time to give commuters who suffered through the morning's delays another chance to ponder their fate in life.
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geez
I'm really glad I don't work in Cambridge anymore, but I feel absolutely awful for anyone who does. One of my best friends lives by Andrew, and works near MGH, so there's just no escape for him.
Come On
Andrew to MGH? Thats a an easy breezy commute. One line, just a few stops.
it should be easy, yes
And considering that I've done Malden to Harvard Square, and then (when I got a different job) Malden to Kenmore, I can say that I've envied his commute. Still, it's frustrating when what should be a straight shot of 20 minutes or so ends up being an hour or more.
An hour or more? Just walk
An hour or more? Just walk
Yeah.
Not everyone can walk let along walk for 1 hour, anon.
I did Malden->Harvard when
I did Malden->Harvard when they were doing that one-track-op after 8 or 9pm every night for a couple years on end (2004-6 IIRC). That was absolute hell. They were replacing a 1970s signalling system and would just send one frigging train back and forth after rush hour. If I didn't make it to DTX by about 7:30, it might be an hour's wait for a single train to arrive.
Did you ever take the train outbound to Oak Grove in the morning, just to get on an empty-enough train and get seated going inbound?
How long did they have the
How long did they have the train held there - traffic starting to build up behind it, the train itself getting jam-packed and the platform filling up - trying to fix that door?
If it was jammed shut and not opening properly - lock it shut, tell people in the car that it wouldn't be working for the rest of the trip , tell the people that they'd have to use one of the three other doors on that side of the car, get the train moving, and take that train/car out of service at the end of the line.
If it was jammed open and not closing properly - say "sorry" to the people, have them all get out of that car, turn off the lights in that car, force the door closed and lock all the doors to that car, announce that car will be out of service for the rest of the run, get the train moving, and take that train/car out of service at the end of the line.
I Don't See A Problem
They should just run the trains with the doors open all the time. This would make people more wary of standing in and blocking the doors, almost as bad T etiquette as manspreading.
Yeah.
But a bit chilly in the winter never mind being a safety issue.
Posted this in another T-Fail
Posted this in another T-Fail-of-the-Day article here, but if you missed it, this is an interesting read: The Immobile Masses: Why Traffic Is Awful and Public Transit Is Worse.