By adamg - 7/11/23 - 3:14 pm

The MBTA reports inbound delays of 20 minutes on the D Line due to a dead trolley at Reservoir, which is becoming the place where D Line trains go to die.

By adamg - 6/28/23 - 7:22 am

The MBTA reports inbound delays of 20 minutes on the D Line due to a train that left this mortal coil at Reservoir.

By adamg - 6/25/23 - 11:30 am

The MBTA reports 15-minute delays on the D Line due to a trolley that has lost the will to live at Reservoir.

By adamg - 9/17/18 - 12:56 pm
Tyler Grace

Transit Police report arresting a homeless man who sometimes lives on a boat in Boston Harbor for sexually attacking a woman on a trolley at Reservoir on Aug. 26.

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By adamg - 11/28/17 - 12:30 pm

The MBTA is currently running shuttle buses between Newton Highlands and Cleveland Circle because a trolley on the Riverside Line, which was about to push a dead trolley onto a siding somehow snapped an overhead power line. Harry Grillo posted photos and an account of the issue.

By adamg - 10/21/17 - 9:18 am

The MBTA reports it's hauled away the trolley that clutched its chest for the last time at Reservoir on the Riverside Line.

By adamg - 7/5/17 - 2:46 pm

The MBTA reports "severe" problems on the Riverside Line due to a balky switch at Reservoir.

By adamg - 6/20/17 - 6:17 pm

"Minor" delays outbound on the Riverside Line, the MBTA advises.

By adamg - 5/14/17 - 2:02 pm

The T is running shuttle buses between Fenway and Riverside due to a "wire problem" at Reservoir.

By adamg - 1/30/16 - 11:19 am

The Herald reports on - and posts photos of - a trolley that had one or two wheels decide they didn't really like the track they were on near Reservoir around 7:30 a.m. None of the passengers on board was injured, and service has since resumed.

By adamg - 10/2/14 - 3:46 pm

A Brighton Municipal Court jury yesterday convicted John Biesiot, 36, of Chicago, on 15 counts of vandalism for incidents in 2008 and 2010 that left several T cars tagged up with nom de paint of Wyse, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report

By adamg - 10/24/13 - 7:46 am

One at North Station, one at Reservoir, both making life more interesting for morning commuters.

By adamg - 11/27/12 - 8:24 am

Dead train at Reservoir around 8 a.m. means no inbound service, natch. And no announcements on increasingly crowded platforms, either.

By adamg - 2/24/12 - 11:12 am

Paul Levy provides the proof, with a video survey of the secret nip burial ground at Reservoir:

By adamg - 12/1/11 - 8:01 am

So far this morning trains have had to be taken out of service on the Red, Orange and Riverside lines. The E Line is stopping at Brigham Circle because of a car accident further up the line. No word yet from the Blue Line.

By adamg - 1/27/11 - 8:22 am

Buses along the D this morning after a trolley decided it couldn't stand being on the tracks any longer (Ed. question: At Reservoir?).

By JohnAKeith - 5/28/10 - 10:52 am

If you're staying in town for the long Memorial Day Weekend, you'll want to be aware that the D Line will be out of service from Saturday through Monday night.

By adamg - 1/25/10 - 8:54 am

Dead Orange Line train at North Station. Phil R. reports in from Reservoir: