North Station
By adamg - 7/29/19 - 5:35 pm
Post updated with statement from contractor.
ISD ordered a halt to all exterior work at the Hub on Causeway complex above North Station and Boston Garden after a crane lifting steel beams from a truck dropped them to the ground on Thursday - just hours after another contractor's crane critically injured a pedestrian on Atlantic Avenue by dislodging construction material from a building there. Read more.
By adamg - 7/12/19 - 11:47 am
And then, of course, because this was one of those sparkly new trains, with air conditioning and doors that work and no rust, it just kept on going on yet another test run, this time through North Station, as Chris stood there and watched this morning.
By adamg - 7/8/19 - 6:17 pm
Laura Wareck is among the jammed-in riders at North Station, where a Lowell Line train seems to have left this mortal coil.
Meanwhile, the Red Line is busy Red Line'ing.
By adamg - 6/24/19 - 12:00 pm
The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of up to ten minutes due to signal problems near North Station.
By adamg - 5/23/19 - 6:08 pm
Laura Warcek is in the increasingly large horde of anxious commuters awaiting trains that the T reports are delayed due to "late arrival of equipment" on the Haverhill and Fitchburg lines.
By adamg - 4/11/19 - 9:15 am
Steve Timmins reports:
Another morning rush hour and the escalator at the TD Garden end of the underground walkway is out of service AGAIN. People backing up into the CR waiting area waiting to use the too narrow stairway. Who approved this mess of an inadequate design?
The tunnel opened in January.
By adamg - 4/2/19 - 8:05 am
The MBTA is reporting various issues on the Haverhill and Newburyport/Rockport lines due to " a low speed upright derailment outside of North Station."
By adamg - 3/26/19 - 11:41 pm
James Floyd admitted today he went up to two women, grabbed them and thrust himself at them while working a detail at North Station on March 29, 2018. Read more.
By adamg - 3/18/19 - 12:09 pm
Transit Police report arresting eight alleged knuckleheads on St. Patrick's Day, all from out of town. Read more.
By adamg - 1/31/19 - 3:37 pm
No, not the subways - they catch on fire easily enough all on their own. But the Globe reports that as the temperature plunged, Keolis turned on switch heaters, some of which blow hot air, but others of which consist of flaming jets designed to keep the switches operable in the cold.
By adamg - 1/28/19 - 10:03 am
Was it only three weeks ago that the pedestrian tunnel under Causeway Street finally opened? T.J. Winnick reports this morning:
Not only is the weeks-old North Station tunnel way too narrow for rush hour but the escalator has already been out of order since last week!
By adamg - 1/2/19 - 9:52 am
Claire Blechman shows us the scene in North Station, where a Dunkin' Donuts is getting rebuilt this morning. As she notes, jittery commuters don't have to fret - they just have to walk another 100 feet or so to the station's other Dunkin' Donuts because, after all, this is Boston.
By adamg - 11/30/18 - 10:02 pm
The MBTA reports delays of up to 15 minutes on the Orange Line due to an inbound train with "a mechanical problem" at North Station.
By adamg - 11/21/18 - 9:08 pm
A trolley managed to take down one of the overhead power lines at North Station around 6:30 p.m. Now the T is busing passengers between Government Center and Lechmere.
By adamg - 11/16/18 - 10:09 am
Photographynatalia wandered around in the snow in the Haymarket/North Station area last night.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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