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Today the Blue Line really bites due to fiery problems at Orient Heights

By adamg on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 9:44pm
A line of blue people waiting for the Blue Line

A line of blue people waiting for the Blue Line at Government Center. Photo by Boston's Leslie Knopes.

A transformer at Orient Heights on the Blue Line blew this afternoon, bringing firefighters running and trains to a halt.

Boston firefighters responded around 5:50 p.m. and the MBTA shut down power in both directions. Firefighters then doused the flames. But delays due to problems related to the transformer continued through the evening; the T only announced at 9:15 p.m. that things were back to normal.

Neighborhoods: 
East Boston
Topics: 
Fire
The T
Free tagging: 
Orient Heights
Blue Line


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Comments

By Sator on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 10:31pm.

Experience a Wait That Will Rock Your Patience and Blow Your Schedule!

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By Will LaTulippe on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 11:32pm.

Who looks at this photo, and thinks "This is tenable, and a happy and productive society?"

By Rwgfy on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:01am.

Nothing that good censorship cannot solve.

By lbb on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 9:14am.

Someone buy the bot a dictionary.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:57pm.

Understanding the difference between free speech rights and behavioral standards on private property would also help Captain Ketchup with his whole persecution complex.

By ScottB on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:19am.

Is what passes for normal at this point.

By jmeltzer on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 7:46am.

will solve everything.

By Plen-T-Pak on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 10:28am.

We can totally walk and chew gum at the same time. It's gone from dreaming about new lines whisking us away to far away places or getting us to the same place by more efficient routes, to just hoping it might be running and moving at acceptable speed. So sad.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 10:38am.

I guess it depends on what your final destination is, but taking the ferry to some areas served by the blue line might be an option.