If the morning cold snap was a test of the newfound resiliency on commuter rail, well, some riders wish to have a word with the T. Laura was among those stuck on a Norwegian Blue of a Newburyport/Rockport train in Swampscott this morning.
Boston Obvious was among those who spent more than an hour in Lynn waiting for a train (not sure if the same train as Laura was on). Read more.
Around 1 a.m. on the outbound side at the Prides Crossing stop, Transit Police report. Foul play is not a factor in the death of the 20-year-old man, police say.
Transit Police report a man, believed to be in his 40s, was on the inbound side of the tracks near West Gloucester station when he was hit and killed by an inbound commut
Busing between Montserrat and Prides Crossing on the Newburyport/Rockport Line due to the strike at near South Thissel Street around 9:50 a.m. The MBTA reports:
The 6:30 a.m. inbound train died. As of 9 a.m., it still hadn't made it into Boston.
It's heartwarming how the little choo-choos help each other out. When the 6:33 into Boston belched its last and died in Sharon, the train behind it agreed to help out and push it all the way into Boston. Good train, good!
WBUR explains the delays on the Newburyport/Rockport line this morning.
CommonWealth reports on plans to begin shipping 3.9 million gallons a week of ethanol into Revere, o
Seems yesterday's major delays on that commuter line were caused by what the Salem News called a stripped lug nut that kept the Beverly drawbridge in an open pos
Jim White reports that he arrived at the Westboro train station this morning just in time to see the alert board flash that the 504 into Boston had been "annulled."
AlertNewEngland reports the man, hit by the 5 p.m. Rockport train, was extricated around 5:40 p.m.
The Worcester Line is toast this morning. And Tom Bruno reports the smell of "epic MBTA fail" on the Newbury/Rockport Line.
Rippling delays from a busted bridge in Beverly meant nobody was getting to North Station anytime soon. At 8:29, Fred LeBlanc tweeted:
30 to 60 minute delays on the Newburyport/Rockport Line; T advisory says "alternate transportation to avoid delay." The notice came too late for Brian Krisler, who tweets:
Mitch Blum tweets:
bummy kid shaking down commuters for cash on the [Newburyport/Rockport] train at N. Station...he scored $11.
Hmm, wonder if that pesky bridge in Beverly is broken again. Can somebody please go kick it? Some trains delayed up to an hour; others simply canceled. Ten of the 21 alerts on the MBTA board right now are from that line.
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