Boston Power Surge Impacts MBTA Systems
BOSTON (CBS) – A power surge in the Boston briefly impacted the MBTA and other parts of the city on Wednesday morning.
The MBTA said the surge affected countdown clocks, station lighting, elevators and escalators.
A power surge in @CityOfBoston has occurred and it has affected some of our systems: Countdown clocks, station lighting, and elevators/escalators.
— MBTA (@MBTA) March 14, 2018
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Following the surge, the Seaport was reportedly left in the dark as well.
There was uncertainty if a federal court hearings would start on time due to outages in the Seaport District.
Did anyone in Boston area just experience power issues?
— Jay Kenney @ The Rock Trading (@JaykTRT) March 14, 2018
Trains reportedly continued to run following the surge.
In total, more than 140,000 Massachusetts residents are without power after Wednesday's storm, which brought blizzard conditions to the region.