At least this time the T's not at fault - Electricity in Braintree's come to a halt
By adamg on Tue, 12/04/2018 - 6:42pm
The MBTA is now running shuttle buses on the Red Line between Quincy Adams and Braintree because of the power's gone out across Braintree this evening.
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I thought the T created its
I thought the T created its own power?
For the trains and signals, yes
But the stations themselves are on local circuits.
nope
not in a long time....
Power back on in my part of town
Not sure about the T station, but power is back on my street. Many thanks to BELD - in a decade this outage (approx. 90 minutes) is by far the worst I've experienced here. What a day for Red Line riders here on the South Shore!
Third world infrastructure...
The result of decades of deferred maintenance.
It is the T's fault !
Years ago a political decision was made to sell all the power stations that produced electricity for peanuts.