Orange Line

Some Orange Line riders got home later; service was stopped due to an elevator

By adamg - 1/24/24 - 10:27 pm

The elevator at the Orange Line's Mass. Ave. stop stopped working around 4:25 p.m., trapping two people inside. Read more.

It really is a shame: Orange Line door comes up lame

By adamg - 1/24/24 - 1:01 pm

At 11:40 a.m., the MBTA reported delays of up to 15 minutes on the Orange Line after one of its shiny new Orange Line trains developed an embarrassing "door problem" at Tufts Medical Center.

For the second day in a row, an Orange Line train just wouldn't go

By adamg - 1/23/24 - 11:17 am

At 9:27 a.m., the MBTA reported Orange Line delays due to a prematurely deceased new Orange Line train at Forest Hills, a day after another new Orange Line train refused to leave Forest Hills.

It probably took some skills to move the dead train at Forest Hills

By adamg - 1/22/24 - 9:52 am

Bright and early at 6:28 a.m., the MBTA reported one of its new Springfield specials on the Orange Line refused to budge from Forest Hills. The train has since been shoved out of the way.

More long service suspensions planned for Red and Green lines next month; part of Orange Line to be shut for a weekend

By adamg - 1/19/24 - 10:08 am

The MBTA today announced track work that will mean bustitution for extended periods on the Red and Green Lines next month - and a piddling two-day suspension on the southern end of the Orange Line for signal work. Read more.

m.b.t.a. planet on xkcd 'escape speed'.

By schneidz - 1/14/24 - 10:31 am

i came across this m.b.t.a. planet while playing xkcd 'escape speed':
https://xkcd.com/2765/

spoiler alert:
there are blue line, red line, orange line, green line tokens to be picked up at various boston themed locations on other planets. then you must guide your ship to kendall/m.i.t. to pick up a hyper-drive.

People getting slicy on the T

By adamg - 1/7/24 - 10:19 pm

Man wanted for slicing somebody at Wellington

Surveillance photos of Wellington suspect via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say sliced a man with a knife at the Wellington Orange Line stop around 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 29. Read more.

The Orange Line died when a wire fried

By adamg - 1/6/24 - 7:20 pm

A smoking electrical wire at Chinatown this afternoon forced the shutdown of the Orange Line - which the T had been promoting as a downtown alternative for the Green Line, which is shut for repairs. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Something actually running fast at Forest Hills T station

By adamg - 1/2/24 - 1:02 pm

One side of the clock at Forest Hills is about 10 minutes fast

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about one of the clock faces in the tower at the Forest Hills MBTA station: Read more.

New Orange Line trains more reliable, surely, still, this morning one died prematurely

By adamg - 12/4/23 - 9:42 am

At 6:58 a.m., the MBTA reported Orange Line riders could expect delays due to one of the brand-new trains suffering an embarrassing "mechanical issue" at Malden Center. The T updated at 7:28 a.m. that service was back to the new normal.

Teen charged with kicking and tripping man in his 80s at Forest Hills T stop, sending him face forward into the pavement, DA says

By adamg - 11/16/23 - 5:50 pm

A 15-year-old was ordered held for 60 days at her arraignment today on charges she kicked and tripped an 84-year-old man at Forest Hills as she and her pals clowned on him Tuesday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

MBTA announces major track-repair program for 2024, day after parts of the Green Line were shut at Kenmore due to track problems

By adamg - 11/9/23 - 10:04 am

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng this morning released a proposed schedule for track repairs across most of the T subway system in 2024 that will mean more of the multi-day shutdowns riders have grown accustomed to over the past couple of years, but which he says will ultimately mean faster, smoother rides. Read more.

Today's phrase: T delays

By adamg - 11/6/23 - 8:57 am

Right out of the gate, at like 5:15 a.m., the T was announcing delays on the Red Line because of problems completing overnight repair work.

At 6:56 a.m., the T reported delays on the Orange Line after one of its new Orange Line trains developed a case of the Mondays at North Station. Read more.

Several reasons not to have sex in an MBTA elevator, including if you already have warrants out for your arrest

By adamg - 10/17/23 - 2:51 pm

Somebody called Transit Police to report a couple involved in flagrante delicto in an elevator at the State Street T station last night. Read more.

That was no simple little quirk: Orange Line stopped by emergency track work

By adamg - 10/3/23 - 9:46 am

The day dawned bright and sunny, except on the Orange Line, where at 5:29 a.m., the MBTA announced "Shuttle buses replace train service between Malden Center and Community College due to rail maintenance work near Assembly."

This was followed at 6:36 by: Read more.

Orange Line rider to represent Boston on MBTA board

By adamg - 9/24/23 - 9:39 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports Mayor Wu has named Mary Skelton Roberts, an Orange Line rider from Jamaica Plain who works in the clean energy sector, as the city's new representative on the MBTA board of directors.

Although Boston is by far the largest community in the T district, the city had no direct representation on its board in recent years, although Quincy did. Earlier this year, the state budget signed by Gov. Healey gave Boston a seat.

Feds say after man robbed somebody of new Puma sneakers at Downtown Crossing, he took the Orange Line down to Jackson Square to hold up a phone store at gunpoint

By adamg - 9/5/23 - 10:19 pm

Benjamin on security footage at Downtown Crossing and at the phone store.

Update: Sentenced to five years in federal prison.

A Cambridge man who was arrested in March by Boston and Cambridge police for robbing the JP Wireless store, 319 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, was charged again today, this time by the FBI after he was charged with violating the federal Hobbs Act for interfering with interstate commerce through threats or violence. Read more.

Orange Line rider punched in the mouth when he asks some teens to stop aggro-blocking the doors with their Bluebikes

By adamg - 8/14/23 - 2:34 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for a teen they say punched a man in the mouth on an Orange Line car at Downtown Crossing around 9 p.m. on Friday after he asked the kid and his pals to stop threatening other passengers and blocking the train's doors with their Bluebikes. Read more.

Orange Line rider threatened with knife after refusing to let strange guy use his phone, police say

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 1:15 pm

Transit Police report arresting a West Roxbury man they say became outraged that another rider wouldn't let him use his phone, so he whipped out a knife and threatened the rider with it yesterday afternoon. Read more.

Probably shouldn't be a surprise: Orange Line trains dropping like flies

By adamg - 7/27/23 - 8:51 am

Fun with the all new trains on the Orange Line: At 6:04 a.m., the MBTA reported a dead train at Wellington. At 7:56 a.m., the MBTA reported delays due to an earlier deceased train at Downtown Crossing (exactly when that train died, the T did not report).

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