Red Line passengers at Kendall wanted to scoff when the train died and they were ordered off

By adamg on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 9:15am

Tom was among the passengers ordered off an inbound Red Line train at Kendall Square around 8 a.m. because the train just couldn't take it anymore. "Smells of burning rubber/oil," he reported. The T reported the newly ill train caused delays of up to ten minutes southbound.

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Why is it?

By anon on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 10:20am.

That whenever there is a delay and the platforms are dangerously packed you never see a Transit Police officer or an official in the photos.

Are you new to the area?

By anon on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 4:36pm.

You don't see a Transit Police officer or a T official because that's not how the T operates. Even if you did see one they wouldn't know what to do and wouldn't have any answers to any questions. The T is not prepared to handle any emergency of any kind. They simply haphazardly "puts out fires" as they occur. Every time something happens from snow to rain to cold to hot to fires on the track or a disabled train of any kind the T acts like it is the first time it has ever happened. Every. Single. Time. They have always operated this way and always will. If you do chance to see an employee they will be completely flummoxed by what is going on. I have personally witnessed this for over forty years.

That's wrong. The real answer. Major T Police cuts by Baker

By anon on Mon, 11/18/2019 - 1:51pm.

If you decide to take the subway during the Baker admin, you're essentially on your own.

Because there's no more room on the platform

By anon on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 7:16pm.

to fit anyone else.