If you recall, last Wednesday evening stations along the Red Line and Orange Line were shut down during rush hour because of two separate fires, which were attributed to trash on the tracks.
Today, Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser and the MBTA have begun urging riders to prevent fires in subway tunnels by dumping their trash in garbage cans -- not on the tracks. Hmmm, doesn't this sound like common sense? How lazy must you be to think the train tracks are your own personal dumping ground?
According to the Globe, the MBTA said Fraser's public service announcement is one part of a three-part response to the fires that infuriated thousands of home-bound commuters.
The second part is a reminder to T employees they should pick up trash or alert dispatchers when garbage is spotted in a tunnel so a crew can safely be sent in to clean up the mess.
Finally, the T's power department, which oversees the electrical wiring throughout the system, is to map out a plan to replace the most derelict electrical systems with materials that generate far less smoke should future incidents occur.
In other news, the P508 was right on time this morning, arriving at South Station at 8:23 AM.
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Most of our fellow commuters are jerks.
Has anyone else noticed that when trains are running late, the ticker usually reads "For your and others' safety, do not try and board or exit a moving train"?
Is this Grafton only? If they know the train is delayed and can't run "All trains on or near schedule for...", and change it to this message, why can't we have a real update? I think it's a little too much to just be coincidence.
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