UPDATE: MassDOT says service was restored at 4:10 p.m.
Shortly after 11:30 a.m., riders on an outbound C trolley that had just left Park Street saw a shower of sparks. And then the train died.
Sarah Rubeinstein, who was one of the passengers, reports riders sat there until evacuated by T workers - who led them down the tracks to Boylston.
"Most terrifying 8 minutes of my life!" she says.
As it died, the train possibly pulled something down from the roof of the nation's oldest subway tunnel, which now has some significant damage.
The T is advising people to take the Orange Line for downtown and Back Bay points, due to "severe" delays related to a "power problem." All service is halted between Arlington and Haymarket.
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Isn't the Great Train Yard
By jmeltzer
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 11:45am
at Reservoir?
No
By anon
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:10pm
Riverside is much larger. Plus it really is the place where trains go when they die!
-__-
By Malcolm Tucker
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:40pm
As someone who uses both the Green and the Orange Lines, I really hope they fix this before the evening commute. Surely they will...right? right?? Bueller?
Green Line back online as of this moment.
By CopleyScott17
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:44pm
For how long is anyone's guess.
Boston 2024!!!
By anon
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:49pm
Boston 2024!!!
Now that the Olympic
By MattL
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 1:32pm
Now that the Olympic distraction is over we can get back to keeping our infrastructure improvements on track like opening the Green Line Extension in 2014.
Called it.
By anon
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 1:13pm
Will the Summer Foil Charlie’s MBTA Reforms?
http://red.ma.altercate.net/2015/04/22/will-the-su...
I re-read the title a few
By fox_orian
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 1:31pm
I re-read the title a few times convinced I had somehow missed the rhyme you always put in these headlines, Adam.
Look at the URL
By adamg
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 1:34pm
That'll show my original headline (minus some words such as "the" and "on"). I changed it when it seemed like it was going to be more serious than your run-of-the-mill dead trolley.
Trolley Dies In Spark Shower; Let's Hope It's Fixed By Rush Hour
By Elmer
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 1:48pm
Noice
By Scumquistador
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 2:10pm
Noice
Adorable!
By anon
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 2:12pm
Adorable!
#OlympicsReady
By anon
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 2:09pm
#OlympicsReady
Westbound Service
By Stef
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 2:41pm
MBTA site mentions C&D lines are originating at Kenmore, but makes no mention of B or E lines. Are these originating at Copley, does anyone know?
Hope this is cleared up eveningtime.
Latest from the state
By adamg
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 3:50pm
Green Line service still down
By Keri
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 4:11pm
Wish I'd known before I got off the Orange Line at DTX and tried to transfer at Park.
The far entrance is blocked off with cones, but people are just going around them. They have employees announcing the shutdown, but a ton of people are just ignoring them and standing around complaining that no trains are coming. I'm walking to Arlington.
Weekend shutdowns
By Benjamin Chan
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 6:40pm
They need to shut down the central subway portion of the green line on weekends to do infrastructure work and improve tracks, signals and overhead wires to improve punctuality and reliability of the green line service.
Today's Report of Service
By Benjamin Chan
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 9:17pm
Red Line - Overcrowded and Longer than way normal wait times in both directions due to a reduction in trains. No announcements and notifications of delays.
Orange Line - As usual.
Blue Line - Normal.
Green Line - Suspended through downtown due to power issues. Use the orange line but it's going to be packed in with regular rush hour crowd.
The walk down the tracks has
By anon
Tue, 07/28/2015 - 11:45pm
The walk down the tracks has now become a Bostonian rite of passage.
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