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Red Line needs emergency maintenance after maintenance vehicle comes off the tracks, takes out the third rail at Park; thousands wait in broiling sun for shuttle buses

By adamg on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 9:10am
MBTA track workers at Park Street try to fix rail problems

They'll be working on the railroad, all the live long day. Photo by Just Some Dude.

Update, 10:16 a.m.: The MBTA reports normal Red Line service has resumed.

A maintenance vehicle being used for some overnight work at Park Street derailed this morning, knocking out the third rail and completely disrupting the morning commute.

The T wrangled some buses to shuttle riders between Harvard and Broadway, but, of course, they proved unable to completely replace multi-car subway trains and riders from Cambridge to South Boston faced long waits just to get on a bus - at the start of what could be the hottest day of the year.

By 8:40 or so, T workers had managed to re-rail the thing so that they could drive it away from Park Street, in this photo forwarded by Tom Brand. He adds that once the vehicle cleared the Longfellow, it was driven off the tracks and onto the road, after T workers removed a portion of fence.

Maintenance vehicle on the tracks on the Longfellow Bridge
Neighborhoods: 
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Red Line
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Comments

By Boston_res on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 9:28am.

The MBTA failures like this are why people don't want to go into the office. These failures are also why people prefer to drive when they do go in to the office.

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By Kinopio on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 12:24pm.

Remember this comment on the daily stories of deadly car crashes, trucks hitting bridges on Storrow Drive, and the million other disasters that happen on roads around Boston.

By IhatetheT on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 9:43am.

see photo for the answer on this creative take to the lightbulb joke

By anon on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 9:53am.

The running of the bulls in Pamplona Spain or running for the shuttle buses in Boston.

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By Boston_res on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 11:43am.

Do the bulls have googly eyes?

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By Kaz on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 11:32am.

Eddie Blake would find this hilarious.

By coffeeweasel on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 12:05pm.

The buses they wrangled up to use as shuttles were pulled from the normal bus lines, so there was a sudden shortage of buses and consequent delays all over the place, too. At least ProximiT warned me about "20 minute delay due to Red Line shuttle" for my bus in Brighton.

By Kinopio on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 12:25pm.

ProximiT is great. I rarely wait more than a few minutes for a train or bus thanks to it.