Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The MBTA reported a minor accident between a car and the Green Line on Monday night near the Comm. Ave and Pleasant Street intersection.
A minor accident between a car and the Green Line occurred on Monday night near the Comm. Ave and Pleasant Street intersection. MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said around 8 p.m., a Green Line trolly struck an Audi that had become stuck on the T tracks. Pesaturo said the accident was minor, with one person reporting back injuries. According to transit police, the vehicle's operator said he was driving westbound on Commonwealth Avenue when he attempted to turn left onto Pleasant Street. The driver, a man from Cambridge, told police that as he crossed over the trolley tracks, his vehicle was struck by a Green Line train heading outbound. The driver said he was not injured and declined medical treatment. He was issued a ticket for failing to…
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Another fire shut down a portion of the Green Line.
The MBTA reported that buses will replace Green Line trains from Government Center to Kenmore after a second fire broke out at Arlington Station. The Boston Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at Arlington Station at 9:41 p.m. The Fire Department said in a tweet, "Chief advises this was a cable issue again in same junction box as this morning." An electrical problem at Arlington Station forced a partial service shutdown Wednesday morning at about 10 a.m. during the one of the coldest days this year. Firefighters put the fire out and reported that there were no injuries.
Share your comments on Wednesday's snarly commute.
On the coldest morning of the season so far, hundreds of Boston commuters were forced to wait outside for bus shuttles after two separate issues closed down portions of both the Green and Red MBTA lines. Service had resumed by 11 a.m. on Wednesday, soon enough for the afternoon commuters, but not soon enough for those traveling in the morning. So Patch wants to know: Were you left out in the cold this morning? How did the breakdowns affect your morning commute? What did you see, what was the mood (we can guess) and what alternate plans did you take? What do you think the MBTA should have done differently? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
Firefighters and T workers were able to isolate a smoldering electrical wire in Arlington station. The loss of Green Line service and an unrelated Red Line incident wreaked havoc on the morning commute.
The MBTA restored Green Line service late Wednesday morning after an electrical fire at Arlington station shut down portions of the service. According to the Boston Fire Department, the station was shut down because of smoking electrical wires. "The power had to be shut down to de-energize the smoldering cable. This caused the closing and evacuation of Arlington & Copley," fire officials wrote on the department's official Twitter account. The offending cable was identified just before 10 a.m., according to the fire department. The evacuation and shut down affected all Green Line branches. And an unrelated incident on the Red line further complicated the morning commute during one of the coldest days of the year. MBTA Green Line service …
An electrical problem on the Green Line and a disabled train on the Red line have tied up the morning commute and forced a partial service shutdown during one of the coldest days of the year.
Two separate incidents have troubled Wednesday morning's subway commute. An electrical problem at the Arlington station has shut Green line service at different points for each branch of the line. Inbound service on the B branch ends at Blandford Street, the C and D branches end at Kenmore and all E branch service is suspended. For the B, C and D branches, bus shuttles will ferry riders inbound to Government Center. For E branch riders, the MBTA recommends they take the 39 bus instead. According to the Boston Fire Department, the trouble started around 8 a.m. when smoke from an electrical line forced officials to power down and evacuate Arlington and Copley stations. By 10 a.m., the MBTA was able to isloate the problem cable. Meanwhile…
Friday, January 4, 2013
After a brief period without it, the MBTA has brought back weekend E branch trolley service permanently.
Weekend riders who use the last five stops of the MBTA’s E branch trolley service on the Green Line will be happy to know it’s here to stay. The MBTA reinstated weeked trolley service along the entire E branch for good after getting rid of service between Brigham Circle and the end of the line Heath Street station last July 1 and then quietly returning it last October, according to Boston.com Thursday. During the nearly four-month span, the E branch provided service between only Lechmere and Brigham Circle stations on weekends, the site reported. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo told Boston.com it was an experiment to test whether the trains would get too crowded if traveling past Brigham Circle on weekends.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The woman allegedly pulled out a small knife and threatened three men.
A Boston woman was arrested Tuesday night after she allegedly pulled out a knife and threatened several male passengers on a Green D Line train. Madina Clayton, 52, of Boston, was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, Boston.com reported today. According to reports, Clayton was arrested at the Brookline Hills station around 9:45 p.m. after she threatened three men with the knife. Boston.com reported the woman pointed the knife at one man, followed another with the open knife and “haphazardly” swung the knife at a third male passenger. After arresting Clayton, Transit Police discovered she had a warrant issued for her arrest out of Boston Municipal Court for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Boston.com …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Police are looking for a suspect in an attack on a Green Line trolley operator, but one T spokesman says altercations involving T operators are rare.
A Green Line T operator was assaulted over the weekend, and while police engage in a search for the suspect, one MBTA official says attacks on public transit operators are rare. “Assaults on operators are not common, but unfortunately, they do occur from time to time,” MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo wrote in an email to Patch. Fenway-Kenmore Patch reported Monday a suspect punched a female trolley driver at the Fenway stop Sunday afternoon. The operator was OK, according to the story. Pesaturo did not elaborate on measures taken by MBTA to reduce the likelihood of such incidents, but he did write that the MBTA at times looks outside of Boston for answers. “Such assaults occur at transit systems all over the country, and the MBTA talks about …
Monday, June 18, 2012
We've all got stories of things we've seen and heard on the T. Share them with your neighbors here.
Flip through the gallery to see what other riders are seeing and hearing on the T. It's easy to add your own photos or videos too. Just click the big "Upload Photos and Videos" button at the top left. Be sure to add a caption saying which line you were riding and a description of your photo or video. An Explanation of "Seen & Heard on the T" The T is one of my favorite places. Really. You get an unmatched cross-section of humanity. And you often see and hear some funny things. The kinds of things that, when you get to work, you have to tell people about. "The woman across from me on the T this morning was clipping her toenails." That sort of thing. (I've seen nails being clipped several times while on the Orange Line, by the way.) Our …
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
It's just for the weekend, says the MBTA.
The MBTA tweeted a reminder this morning that buses will replace trolleys from Kenmore to Cleveland Circle this weekend on the Green C Line. More details here.
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