The MBTA is dealing with some troublesome switches near Suffolk Downs that have the Blue Line all bollixed up.
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By adamg - 8/20/20 - 4:07 pm
Boston Pedestrian shows us the absence of social distancing this afternoon on a shuttle bus brought in to ferry Blue Line riders between Wonderland and Orient Heights after signals came down with Covid-19 or something and stopped working.
By adamg - 8/19/20 - 2:07 pm
City Councilors Lydia Edwards (East Boston, Charlestown, North End) and Michelle Wu (at large) say they want to get the T to set aside one car on every Blue Line train for bicyclists who would ride their bikes to work downtown, if only there were a way to get them across Boston Harbor. Read more.
By adamg - 5/8/20 - 7:13 pm
The MBTA announced today it's going to shut the Blue Line in downtown Boston for two weeks this month to do track repairs originally scheduled for a series of weekends later this year. Read more.
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By adamg - 4/27/20 - 2:31 pm
The MBTA reports buses are now playing the role of Blue Line trains between Suffolk Downs and Maverick because one of the overhead power lines came tumbling down.
By adamg - 4/6/20 - 9:45 am
Wanted man.
Transit Police report they are looking for this grinning man for an incident at the State Street T stop around 11:10 p.m. on Sunday, in which he allegedly attacked and kicked a person, then forced the person to a nearby ATM to withdraw money.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.
By adamg - 3/18/20 - 3:32 pm
Ari Ofsevit snapped his not so widely spaced fellow riders around 2:45 p.m. today on the Blue Line - at Aquarium outbound after no train came for 15 minutes.
The T responded: Read more.
By adamg - 3/17/20 - 8:30 pm
The MBTA tonight announced it's adding additional morning service on the Blue Line and more service throughout the day on the Green Line's E branch and the 7 bus from South Boston, following complaints today that service reductions went too far and led to riders being forced to crowd together at a time when that's the last thing they should be doing. Read more.
By adamg - 12/6/19 - 2:02 pm
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say robbed a 72-year-old person at the Maverick Square Blue Line stop around 6:20 p.m. on Nov. 27.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.
By adamg - 10/16/19 - 9:35 am
Shortly before 9 a.m., Teresa Polhemus snapped this photo of her fellow riders waiting for a train at Maverick, and asked: Read more.
By adamg - 9/25/19 - 9:06 am
The MBTA is blaming signal problems at Wonderland for delays on the Blue Line this morning. To add insult to injury, one car is covered in puke.
By adamg - 7/28/19 - 1:00 pm
Patrick McMahon was on hand when Boston firefighters arrived at Maverick to help evacuate a Blue Line train suffering from what the MBTA called "mechanical problems" around noon.
By adamg - 7/17/19 - 9:01 am
— Cristina Quintero (@CristiQ64) July 17, 2019
With a large puff of smoke, the Blue Line lost power between State and Government Center this morning, halting trains and their riders in tunnels, as riders who had yet to board stacked up at stations all along the line. Read more.
By adamg - 7/1/19 - 10:36 am
The Blue Line has some of the newer cars on the T system, but that didn't stop one from dying at Wonderland this morning, causing delays of up to ten minutes.
By adamg - 6/26/19 - 9:51 am
The Aquarium T stop was evacuated this morning because of a track fire that a T worker put out with an extinguisher.
To be on the safe side, of course, the T has suspended Blue Line service between Government Center and Airport and is now busing passengers. Except, as Annie Noel reports from Maverick: Read more.
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