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On the Blue Line, T forced to do manual switching, so riders can get to work without too much bitching
By adamg on Mon, 02/29/2016 - 8:34am
The T reports "minor" delays on the Blue Line due to a switch problem. Kate Donaghey watched workers manually operate a switch at Airport. She adds:
Train arrived northbound, pulled up a bit, they switched the tracks and the train came back Bowdoin bound. Waited about 12mins today.
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Always manual at Airport
So the real story should possibly say that due to switching problems (someplace) trains were being turned back in-town at Airport station.
Switching at Airport is always done manually by hand.
They may also have been stacked up on the Revere end so switching a train at Airport was desirable to get things back on schedule - as such.
It's not unusual for the red Line to turn a train back at Park.
Not sure I get what was going
Not sure I get what was going on here - so they're running trains between Bowdoin and Airport, and then (presumably) Airport and Wonderland, back and forth, because trains can't currently get through Airport properly?