At 4:12 p.m., the MBTA reported a deceased Red Line train at JFK/UMass.
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By adamg - 1/28/24 - 6:04 pm
Around 5:30 p.m., the MBTA announced Red Line delays of up to 20 minutes due to an "unauthorized person" on the tracks. Said person is no longer on the tracks and service has resumed, the T says.
By adamg - 1/26/24 - 4:35 pm
An outbound Red Line train thought it could, but it couldn't, so it died nearJFK/UMass, causing delays that reached 15 minutes shortly after noon but which were cleared shortly before 12:30, the MBTA reports.
By adamg - 1/25/24 - 12:31 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports on a growing effort to convert the "tunnel cap" that covers the Red Line between Fields Corner and Ashmont into a something more parklike, a greenway for pedestrians and bicyclists. Small sections are already in use for parks, but other sections are fenced off.
By adamg - 1/24/24 - 2:03 pm
Transit Police report arresting a man they say "while armed with a knife, threatened to stab a fellow passenger without provocation," on an inbound Ashmont train about 7:45 a.m. Police say the man was arrested at JFK/UMass on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
By adamg - 1/22/24 - 4:15 pm
At 1:44 p.m., the MBTA reported delays of up to 15 minutes on the Red Line due to signal problems at Harvard.
By adamg - 1/21/24 - 10:36 am
The frigid day dawned on the Red Line this morning, which had some track crack near Charles/MGH this morning, but crews were able to repair it, the MBTA reports.
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.
By adamg - 1/18/24 - 11:40 am
The MBTA first reported problems on the Red Line due to some vague track problem at Broadway, but now says you can blame the current delays on signal problems at Broadway.
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.
By adamg - 12/5/23 - 5:27 pm
Rendering of project on lot that touches Fields Corner Red Line stop by Hue Architecture.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a five-story building with 14 studio apartments on a lot that ends at a wall for the Fields Corner Red Line stop in Dorchester. Read more.
By adamg - 11/27/23 - 9:19 am
An inbound Red Line train pulled into Andrew shortly before 6:30 a.m. and then it suffered an embarrassing door problem that forced all the trains behind it to back up until the T could get the train and its stuck door out of there.
By adamg - 11/15/23 - 12:21 pm
Sure, Harvard station filled with smoke shortly after 8 a.m., but after getting the offending train out of the station, the MBTA responded to several people alarmed by the possibility they were on or near a flaming train: Read more.
By adamg - 11/9/23 - 5:23 pm
Waiting for Godot, um, the Red Line, at Park.
The MBTA reports 20 minute delays on the Red Line that won't be helped by the elimination of slow zones because a train is deader than a doorknob at Charles/MGH, and, say, whatever happened to those brand-new Red Line trains, anyway? Read more.
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.
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