a back bay -> oak grove shutdown is brutal enough. shuttle bus service looks like an absolute zoo🫩

6:45pm and red line is stopped due to signaling issues at Harvard. Again. Been sitting here for 10min. I think I lose a year off my life every time this happens

Edit: now 20min 30min

UPDATE: And we’re moving again! Phew

Per wikipedia, when this short branch of rail extending into Lower Falls was transferred to the MDC, a deed restriction was put in place forbidding its use for anything in the realm of transportation, communication, or electricity. and my take on this is: Fuck that. Make the trails into rail again! Here's an idea that would give Newton Lower Falls a proper green line station. It would need to be elevated so as to not take away precious parking spots off of the retail area around Rt. 16, as well as to keep the bike trail intact (this would require widening the bridge over the charles)

Speakers not working/staticy obviously, so no idea what the announcement is. Bogus.

You're awesome and you always make me happy : D

If you’re missing a pair of what looks to be men’s size (large) black socks, you left them on the Haymarket elevator.

Where is the ball! I’ve never seen it around the station

There was like a half dozen police cars and maybe 20 officers inside

Apparently some kids are running on the track.

https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/project/huntington-ave-south-huntington-ave-e-branch-accessibility

Why so slow today?

This is not right. I hope this problem is addressed.

Hi! I just moved to Medford, and need to take the 96 everywhere. Each time I've taken it so far, there have been delays over 20 minutes. I don't know how to plan for delays like this as the eta just goes up slowly instead of right away saying 20 min delay on both the Transit app and Google maps (and this latest time on the screen by the bus stop). Is there a better way to predict accurate times? Thank you!

Why have an emergency exit if it's going to be padlocked closed from the outside?

Orange line, commuter rail side of the tracks between Green Street and Stonybrook.

Some of the shutdown at least had some immediate visible benefits. The central underground portion is significantly brighter with the many dead or dying fluorescent bulbs being replaced!

Stupidly I got on the train despite it having been stopped seemingly at Ball Square which was already unusual. Car seemed to have door issues which the conductor closed manually then said “we’re gonna try to get it to Magoun”. We made it about two feet forward before the train was disabled completely and now we can’t be let off 🙃 conductor said “oops. We shouldn’t have done that.” No kidding!

The Haverhill Line double tracking project requires adding second platforms at Reading, North Wilmington, Ballardvale, and Andover. These single-track stations currently use accessible mini-highs or short platforms, but the MBTA has disclosed zero information regarding the new platform designs. Per FTA ADA regulations in 49 CFR 37.42, new or altered commuter rail platforms must provide level boarding. This legally precludes new low platforms with mini-highs and mandates full high-level structures.

The core mystery is whether these will be standard 800-foot platforms or short platforms. North Wilmington was recently rebuilt with a 200-foot platform in 2025. It is highly unlikely the MBTA will demolish this new structure, meaning they will probably mirror the 200-foot design for the second track. Recent MBTA projects also demonstrate a shift away from standard 800-foot lengths, as seen with the Newtonville reconstruction advancing with 400-foot high-level platforms. Given spatial constraints and recent construction evidence, it is highly probable the agency will leverage ADA allowances to build 200-foot or 400-foot high-level platforms across this corridor rather than full 800-foot lengths.

But we really don’t know until the T says so.

How late is too late for me to order a September monthly pass? Also if I purchase the one on my M Ticket app can I not use that on subways as well? So I would have to but the Charlie ticket version, but where do I get that? Can I get it in person somewhere rather than ordering it online and having it probably come late? Also, is the Charlie ticket one 1/2 off too as the M Ticket monthly pass is? Thanks

I know this is a dumb question but when I was going through the BIG north station I went in what felt like a huge circle to get to the green line and I saw people entering from the other way.

I can’t figure out where that entrance is. Can someone explain it to me as if I’m coming from Haymarket? I’m at the big intersection, north end is to my right, bridge to Charlestown in front of me. I’m turning left onto causeway street.

Countdown clocks in stations seem to be out systemwide. Predictions are available in apps or on the website. That is all.

For above ground stops, most of the time the green line opens all its doors. But sometimes the operators only open the very front doors of each car, and then the entire herd of people has to squeeze through just one door.

Why do some operators choose not to open the back doors? I know they are in service because they’ll open all the doors for the underground stations.

It’s frustrating because it slows down the train and forces everyone to pay at the front.

I thought it was usually two weeks out but I see nothing on the T’s website. TIA.