By adamg - 3/21/24 - 9:31 am

The Red Line was all bollixed up this morning due to a train that died at Andrew at the start of the morning commute and then another train that died at Alewife about a half hour later, unless it was the same train that the T somehow revived at Andrew and the train made it to Alewife then died again, the T did not specify.

By adamg - 1/26/24 - 11:53 am

Transit Police report that around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a man broke into one of the operator cabs on a Red Line train - but not the one the train's driver was using - and "hung his head out the window" while the train was in motion towards Andrew. Read more.

By adamg - 1/17/24 - 12:53 pm

Around 12:45 p.m., the MBTA reported Red Line delays while "personnel inspect the tracks at Andrew." Amy Clark reports the driver on their train was a bit more specific: Read more.

Man wanted for slicing somebody at Wellington
By adamg - 1/7/24 - 10:19 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say sliced a man with a knife at the Wellington Orange Line stop around 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 29. Read more.

By adamg - 11/27/23 - 9:19 am

An inbound Red Line train pulled into Andrew shortly before 6:30 a.m. and then it suffered an embarrassing door problem that forced all the trains behind it to back up until the T could get the train and its stuck door out of there.

By adamg - 10/27/23 - 1:35 pm

Transit Police report that around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a man "committed a lewd act" in front of several people waiting for a train at Andrew station. Detectives were able to track the guy, who has "a history of these offenses," and issued him a summons to appear in court for being open and gross, police say.

By adamg - 5/10/23 - 12:26 pm

The MBTA reports a train with "mechanical issues" is causing 15-minute delays on the Red Line.

By adamg - 10/29/17 - 10:40 pm

The MBTA reports "minor" delays inbound due to a train joining the choir eternal at Andrew.

By adamg - 11/17/16 - 4:45 pm

The MBTA advises us of "moderate" delays between Andrew and Harvard due to an unspecified "track problem." Liz Loveland, however, disputes the "moderate" part:

Delays severe despite alert claim of moderate. Train on standby for ages at Park with no room at all.

By adamg - 4/10/14 - 4:36 pm

A Brockton man out on bail after he allegedly exposed himself in January was ordered behind bars yesterday at his arraignment on charges he punched, kicked and verbally attacked a man with cerebral palsy on the Red Line Tuesday afternoon, the Suffolk Co

By adamg - 1/24/14 - 7:38 am

Just another morning on the Red Line: Shortly after 7 a.m., an inbound train at Andrew gave up the ghost. Not long after, this happened:

And now there is a mouse on the train. And apparently it fell from the ceiling.

Where have you gone, Ms. Penelope?
The Red Line turns its lonely eyes to you
(Woo woo woo)

By adamg - 9/27/13 - 9:52 am

And tries to convince another guy to buy them - and when the guy expresses some skepticism, says he'll also throw in the garbage can and an 18-pack of Charmin Ultra Soft toilet paper.

By adamg - 7/30/13 - 1:05 pm

Transit Police report arresting Kyle Stappen, 25, of South Boston, last night on a charge of possession with intent to distribute a class B substance, suboxone (u

By adamg - 7/12/13 - 8:57 am

Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester man yesterday on charges of possession of heroin with intent to distribute.

By adamg - 5/16/12 - 4:59 pm

So this guy from East Boston strikes up a conversation with another guy sitting on a bench in the busway at Andrew station this afternoon.

By adamg - 8/2/11 - 3:52 pm

Boston Police report a nearly month-long operation with their MBTA counterparts has resulted in 24 arrests of alleged drug dealers and their minions in a

By adamg - 8/1/11 - 9:53 am

Rodriguez MBTA Transit Police report a man stopped for jumping through a broken fare gate at Andrew station yesterday afternoon tried to bolt from officers questioning him, possibly because of the gun with the safety turned off that he was packing.

According to a police report, officers spotted Hamilton Rodriguez of Chelsea jumping over a cone at a broken fare gate around 1:20 p.m., which would have gotten him a citation.

Instead, as officers were talking to him, he tried to run away:

By adamg - 7/13/11 - 2:00 pm

A man in the process of being removed from an MBTA bus for threatening to kill the driver and his family at Andrew station yesterday evening took all his clothes off and offered passersby a whack at his genitals, according to an MBTA Transit Police repo