From Reservoir to Riverside, the Green Line is a non-entity. Buses are stacking up at Reservoir.
D Line
The MBTA reports this morning it's turned on countdown clocks at all the Riverside Line stops in Brookline.
Grace Holley shows us the cascade of water now pouring onto the Riverside Line from a burst water main on an overpass at Brookline Hills - just like the cascade of water that poured onto the Riverside Line from a burst water main on an overpass at Brookline Hills on March 17.
Needless to say, nobody on the Riverside Line is going anywhere fast. Or at all.
Update, Wednesday, 6:20 a.m. The MBTA reports the D Line is back in service.
Grace Holley reports tonight from Brookline Hills, where a loud explosion shortly after 8:30 p.m. was followed by a torrential waterfall from a newly burst water main right above the tracks.
Normally I love water rides but this is a nightmare.
A second Green Line train approached waterfall but went into reverse and backed up, after a long wait.
Now police etc are on scene, lot of flooding on tracks. No more sparks. Right by Brookline Hills Station/Cypress St.
Not all T maintenance workers are clearing tracks. As Sybil shows us, a number were busy today clearing snow off the roof of the Riverside trolley facility.
issues the T alerts appears to be directionally challenged
Green Line D branch: Service currently terminating at Park Street Station. For eastbound (emphasis added) D branch service, please board at Park Street.
Last updated: Sep 23 2014 02:05 PM
And I won't even comment on management's ongoing policy of "oh, we've decided it's suddenly inconvenient for us to run D service all the way to North Station (despite our promises to do so and even though it's only 2 in the afternoon), so we'll change the service".
Some sort of wire ish means busing for Riverside riders between Riverside and Newton Highland - and problems for riders further down the line, as Phil R. reported at 7:50 a.m.:
You KNOW the D line is F'D up when you wait 25 mins at Newton Ctr for packed like sardines train & they don't collect fares.
Transit Police report charging Alexander Frank, 21, of Framingham, with committing self service while staring at the woman sitting next to him on an inbound D Line trolley around 9:45 a.m. on April 8.
The woman exited at Longwood; Frank did not get off there.
Police say detectives nabbed Frank yesterday at Riverside station. He's scheduled for arraignment today in Newton District Court on a formal charge of lewd and lascivious behavior.
Innocent, etc.<.>
WCVB reports the MBTA has found no track or signal problems on the Green Line between Kenmore and Fenway and that its attention is now focused on the driver, who was taken off the job following yesterday's D Line derailment.
#MBTA Green Line Update: C & D Line branches: Normal service has resumed.
— MBTA (@MBTA) March 11, 2014
Now the T tries to figure out what caused a trolley to derail in the tunnel between Kenmore and Fenway yesterday.
The Green Line tally as of 8:30 a.m.: An inbound trolley on the B Line curdled up and died around 7:20 and an inbound trolley on the D Line spoiled at Reservoir about an hour later. Oh, and the entire Green Line came to a sluggish crawl due to "a power problem" shortly before 7.
If you're staying in town for the long Memorial Day Weekend, you'll want to be aware that the D Line will be out of service from Saturday through Monday night. Buses will be in service to provide transportation between Reservoir and Fenway subway stations, according to the MBTA.
MassDOT announced the reopening of the Green D Line as of 2:30 PM this afternoon after setting an original expected date of Monday.
The MBTA reports that in four days, workers:
After examining Ter'rese Edmonds' cell phone for usage leading up to the May 28 crash on the Green D Line, the Middlesex District Attorney declared today that there was no evidence to suggest she was distracted by her cell phone in any way. No e-mail, text messaging, phone calls, or internet use was going on in the minutes prior to the crash. What exactly caused her to miss the signal and go 30 mph too fast that day into the rear of another train leaving a stop signal is still unknown.
This Saturday as opposed to Monday, per The Boston Globe.
This will certainly ease the coming weekend of hell brought about by several Red Sox games, college move-ins and Labor Day tourist traffic.
Trains will be able to run faster, and the handicapped-accessible Breda trolleys should theoretically be able to traverse the line at full speed without derailing now that the track renovations are complete. The T expects the latter to enter service on the D Line by the end of the year.
Just a reminder, the D Line will be closed between Riverside and Fenway this Saturday until 5:00 pm, and between Riverside and Kenmore on Sunday during the same time period.
The second phase of construction also looms, with the line reopening from Riverside to Reservoir, and closing from Reservoir to Fenway on August 3rd.
The construction will be complete on August 31st, however renovations to Longwood and Brookline Village stations will not be complete until the Spring of 2008 at the earliest.
This is not how I like to find out about service disruptions:
The MBTA employees on site were as surprised as I was - they had only found out about it shortly before my arrival.
Personally, I'm tired of waiting for the MBTA web site to become fully functional
Just a reminder for those of you traveling in, out of, or around the city on the 4th.
- Extra service will be provided on all bus and subway lines.
- The D Line will be temporarily reopened from Riverside to Government Center with no bustitutions. The service suspension will resume the next day and continue through to the end of the summer.
- Fares will be suspended after 10:30pm on bus and subway lines only.
The MBTA is continuing on their quest for more transit-oriented development by working to lure private interests into building a mixed-use development at Riverside station. Residents are naturally apprehensive about bringing even more cars to Grove St., but is increased congestion on the roads the real problem?
Bringing more riders to the D-Line may not be the best idea.
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