They're just too tired for mayhem when a train dies at 7 a.m.

At least orange line is fixed.

The sign said 11 minutes, with no explanation, and then an empty train blew through about five minutes later. The announcement said "the next train to Ashmont does not take customers", which I thought was an odd way to put it; why not say "the train now approaching will not stop"?

The train after that, which I boarded, was one of the new Chinese trains. Another one had just gone by in the other direction; have they recently taken delivery of some new train sets?

Back in the 1970s, they’d run the “Rattler” with four cars during the morning and afternoon rush hours (7-9 am and 4-6 pm) and two cars in the off hours, with a motorman and a conductor. Only had to wait about 4-5 minutes if you missed a train with the Red line running the old Blue Bird cars (no AC either). It was a frigging Railroad back then, now the internet hiccups and the whole thing crashes down.