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Isn't it cool how far underground the Porter Square Red Line stop is?

By adamg on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:05am
Both escalators blocked at Porter Square

A roving UHub photographer snapped the situation this morning at Porter Square, where both escalators - and one of the stairs - were blocked for some sort of repair work.

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Cambridge
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The T
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Red Line
Porter Square


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Comments

By cybah on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:11am.

I swear the escalators at Porter are more 'out of service' than they are 'in service'

Cone cannot keep these things running. (Sorry mbta haters, this is a Cone issue really)

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By Bob Leponge on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:28am.

It’s an MBTA escalator in an MBTA station, maintenance of which the MBTA has contracted with, and supervises, a vendor of the MBTA’s choosing. It is absolutely an MBTA issue.

By cybah on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:49am.

You do know who CONE is correct?

You are aware that there are like TWO escalator vendors in this area? One being CONE the other being Schindler. Its not like the MBTA has much choice in the matter. Not like they can say 'welp you aren't doing the work so we're cancelling the contract". They can't do that because there's no one else to do this.

Furthermore, much like Otis Elevator Company, the technicians who service escalators and elevators are a dying breed and there's a shortage of workers. It's been like this for decades.

This has nothing to do with the MBTA except it resides in their station. The whole contraption is managed by cone. And as someone who managed contracts every day at his day job, I can tell you you can only beg and cry so much. If the contractor doesn't have the ability to send people, it just does not happen. You can only do so much.

I swear Bob you just want to argue for the sake of arguing.

But carry on the MBTA Shit parade as always if makes you feel better.

By mg on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 10:17am.

@Cybah - it would have been a big help if you'd said in your first post who CONE was. With that info, it's a helpful informative post. Without that, it's just confusing.

By Ari O on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:29am.

If the elevators are working and the piss isn't too fresh, they're usually faster, anyway. Unless you want a workout.

By John Costello on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:11am.

This photo is from earlier this year.

Wait, I think it is from 2023, possibly 2022, maybe 2021. Then again, I think it might be from 2015, or was it 2012, but based on the pixel coloration, possibly 2008.

By cybah on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:13am.

I think its an AI enhanced photo from 1988, shortly after the station opened.

By jmeltzer on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:31am.

What would be news would be a picture of all three escalators open and working.

By Michael on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:40am.

Is a photo of someone actually attempting to fix them

By Ari O on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 9:30am.

I was there last Friday and Saturday and there was one escalator down.