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The trains ran fine in Saturday's snow, it's the cold that makes them not want to go
By adamg on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 8:44am
Shortly before 7 a.m., Tatiana M.R. Johnson got to Stony Brook, took a look at the hordes on the Orange Line platform and issued the alarm:
hey folks just go home the orange line is a disaster
A train had gone to meet its maker somewhere between Ruggles and Forest Hills. The T cleared that and then ...
At 8:19 a.m., Kenny Stevens reported from a Green Line trolley DOA in the tunnel near Copley:
.avoid the green line. Train has been stuck underground for almost 20 mins. Disabled train inbound. SOS.
Krista Easterly, meanwhile, posted a copy of the delay list on commuter rail.
But things could have been worse. The T reports it stored Red, Blue and Orange Line trains at stations overnight to keep them sheltered from the cold.
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Comments
Orange line was a disaster
Orange line was a disaster even at 9 this morning, north of the city. Left a very crowded platform behind at Sullivan.
Delay on tbe green line
I was on that train. Actually had just boarded and someone said something about smoke, everyone off. The rear motor was glowing red with small flames coming out.
Happy Monday indeed.
Fire pic
Fire pic.
pic is gone
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Looks like they deleted the original, then posted a copy at a new URL.
Any plans to modernize the green line for speed and reliability?
Another one? Wasn't there
Another one? Wasn't there another roof fire on a GL trolley a few weeks back? Govt Ctr I believe.
For what it's worth....
...It's not any better here in NYC. My normal commute is ~30 Min, today it took almost 2 hours!
Yankees
Suck!
I agree
I agree completely. I'm not a native New Yorker, but rather a transplant from Greater Boston, and a New England Fan through and through.
Guess not...
Guess not...
Baker says the MBTA is prepared for winter
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/07/baker-says-mbta-prepared-fo...
Give Baker time, his winter MBTA plan calls for warmer winters
But Baker got rid of Beverly Scott, and has been slashing MBTA projects and service since he limped into office with fish tales, its probably just the liberal media blowing things out of proportion.
In fairness to Baker, his MBTA long term winter plan, to deny climate change, needs a little more time to go into full gear, so the winters won't be so cold. Of course summer heat would still be a problem, but he only promised to solve the winter issues.
U r so full of crap
Ur schtick is pretty sad.
Essentially a liberal donald trump. Repeat false information often enough that people will believe it.
Baker has had two years to improve T service
Baker has had two years to improve T service since it broke down across the system in frigid weather that caused the city to close down for a handful of days. Baker has had two years. He's raised fares ( in violation of law) and invested less than $100m to winterize the T,
This fall and winter we've had a train fire on the Orange Line and two on the Green Line. We also had a run-away train.
Not only is service less reliable, it is less safe. When does "reform before revenue" get to phase 2?
Charlie Baker is a small government ideologue who told his campaign funders he would not raise taxes. People who live and work in the city, and ride the T, pay for Baker's promise every time the T makes them late for work or a trip to town.
Trust you are being sarcastic
Fixing the T is 5 years just to make a dent. 10 years to get us to functional and 15-20 to make it "world class" - IF we don't start going back down the rathole we are crawling out of after decades of neglect.
The Plan
Take away all the money and people, AND IT WILL MAGICALLY FIX ITSELF!
I'm sure that will work.
Except for one thing
They are throwing so much money at the system - the T literally asked them to stop because they don't have capacity to handle any more projects - as noted earlier the plan is to do this for the foreseeable future.
As for people - don't know if they are expanding or contracting - although it does seem that they are CONTRACTING OUT for some services - as in privatizing cash and warehousing - pretty basic services that the private sector does pretty well (as long as you are not handling a bucket of gold dust).