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The new normal on the Blue Line

By adamg - 10/16/19 - 9:35 am
Crowd at Maverick on the Blue Line

Shortly before 9 a.m., Teresa Polhemus snapped this photo of her fellow riders waiting for a train at Maverick, and asked: Read more.

Kindly Bostonian helps reunite elderly British couple separated on the T

By adamg - 9/26/19 - 10:03 pm

WBZ reports.

Blue Line delays were unplanned; signal issues at Wonderland

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.

Full to bursting on the Blue Line: People at Maverick watch helplessly as four straight trains show up full, leave without them

By adamg - 9/13/19 - 10:17 am
Commuters at Maverick have no choice but to wait for the next train

No room at the T. Photo by Chris.

Lisa Jacobson reports she was part of the growing horde of riders at Maverick this morning forced to just stand on the platform and watch one train after another leave with no room for them to fit on. Read more.

Remember when Blue Line trains were shiny and new instead of having these problems out the wazoo?

By adamg - 7/28/19 - 1:00 pm
Blue Line train evacuated at Maverick Square

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.

Blue Line shorts out; some riders forced to walk tracks to escape darkened, fetid train

By adamg - 7/17/19 - 9:01 am

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.

On this Fare Increase Day, Blue Line has a delay

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.

Just a tiny little track fire; still, caused the Blue Line to expire

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.

Fight on Blue Line train ends in gunfire at Aquarium T stop

By adamg - 6/23/19 - 9:53 pm

Transit Police report that a fight that started on an inbound Blue Line train involving several teenagers ended with one firing at least two shots at the Aquarium station shortly before 9:50 p.m. Read more.

Delays leave Revere commuters feeling Blue; Red Line riders are pretty unhappy, too

By adamg - 6/20/19 - 9:45 am

A sudden need for repairs to one of the overhead power lines at Revere Beach led to delays of up to ten minutes on the Blue Line this morning, the MBTA reports - although one rider says the delay was more like 30 minutes. Read more.

Revere Beach phone thief seemed resigned to being arrested, police say

By adamg - 5/28/19 - 10:03 am
Botelho

Transit Police report little trouble arresting a Boston man for a phone robbery at the Revere Beach Blue Line stop around 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Read more.

Somebody get on the phone: Blue Line schedules are blown

By adamg - 4/9/19 - 1:14 pm

The MBTA reports delays on the Blue Line because of a phone line that fell onto the overhead power wires. At first, the T said it was calling out some shuttle buses between Wonderland and Orient Heights, but says now the errant phone line has been disconnected and that actual train service is running again, if with the usual "residual" delays.

Blue Line service through Orient Heights could resume Monday morning

By adamg - 3/17/19 - 11:05 pm

The MBTA says it hopes to resume Blue Line service through the waterlogged Orient Heights station with the start of service Monday morning. Still, just in case, the T advises riders to allow some extra time. Read more.

Aftermath of the East Boston fire

By adamg - 3/16/19 - 10:44 am
Aftermath of the casket-company fire in East Boston

Photo by BFD.

Boston firefighters remained at what was left of the New England Casket Co. this morning, continuing to hit hot spots with water to prevent any flareups of the nine-alarm fire that broke out around 3 p.m. yesterday, sending fire out windows and the roof well into the evening. Read more.

Blue Line riders will find this concerning: Something on the tracks might be burning

By adamg - 2/27/19 - 4:09 pm

Update, 4:35 p.m. All-out sent, firefighters to leave, T electricians to fix problem.

Count on not going anywhere fast on the Blue Line right now, because something on the tracks at Bowdoin is smoldering. Firefighters are a bit hampered because whatever it is is under a train, only the power is off due to the possible track fire, but they need the train moved so they can take a look. In the meantime, the T is terminating and starting Blue Line service at Government Center.

At Aquarium, MBTA plans to fight water with water

By adamg - 2/16/19 - 4:52 pm

Photo by MBTA.

The MBTA today tested "tiger dams" as a way to keep harbor water from cascading down the Long Wharf entrance to the Aquarium Blue Line stop in future nor'easters and other water-raising floods.

Here's something that's almost beyond belief: Three of four subway lines causing grief

By adamg - 2/8/19 - 3:32 pm

The MBTA says power problems downtown are causing delays of up to 25 minutes on the Green, Blue and Orange lines.

Water, water everywhere - inside T stations

By adamg - 1/24/19 - 8:57 am

Read more.

Getting cold feet on the Blue Line

By adamg - 1/11/19 - 8:52 pm
Bare feet on the Blue Line

Nicholas Agri spotted this sockless, sandal wearing person on the Blue Line headed towards Wonderland this evening. No word if the person was also holding a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee.

The Blue Line just isn't so grand when there are signal woes at Wonderland

By adamg - 1/5/19 - 11:36 pm

The MBTA is reporting Blue Line delays of up to 15 minutes due to bollixed signals at Wonderland.

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