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Just in time for the evening rush hour, lights at two stations lost their power

By adamg on Thu, 04/21/2016 - 11:48pm
Blackout at Back Bay station on the Orange Line

The lights went out at Tufts and Back Bay on the Orange Line this rush hour, slowing trains as riders stumbled in the dark. At least, as Joe Growhowski shows us, Back Bay had some natural light coming in from one end.

Neighborhoods: 
Back Bay
Chinatown
Topics: 
The T
Free tagging: 
Orange Line


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Comments

By anon on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 4:43am.

Station's never looked better!

By anon on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 6:16am.

Did the poor mole men who live in the bowels of the station forget to pay their electric bill?

By Rob on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 10:05am.

No emergency lighting in the station?

Not even one weak battery-backup floodlight bulb fixture for every ten regular fixtures?

By johnmcboston on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 10:48am.

My first thoguh as well. If this was a real power loss, lots of lights should have kicked on automagically (Either emergency lights, or some regular lights hooked up to an emergency circuit)

By whyaduck on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 11:23am.

finally went to that big T station in the sky.

By anon on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 11:57am.

are not required to have emergency lighting systems like all other public and commercial buildings.