Parts of MBTA Blue Line shut down in East Boston after power problems
EAST BOSTON - Parts of the MBTA Blue Line were shut down Friday night due to a downed wire near Orient Heights.
T riders said they saw electric sparks and were told they had to get off the train and walk 500 feet of train tracks to the station.
Darlene Zimmer was lugging her groceries down the tracks, a first for her since riding the T for decades. "It's scary, a little scary walking there," Zimmer said.
Shuttle buses had to replace service between Suffolk Downs and Bowdoin, causing delays, confusion, and frustrations.
"For me it wasn't a normal day in the T," Zimmer said. "I take the T all the time and something like this is new for me. I see people complain all the time that things break down and things happen, but this is a first time for me."
For other riders, it's another day, another issue on the T. Some remember a power outage which shut down the Orange, Green and again the Blue Line just last month.
"When is it going to stop really. I don't know, I just wish they did something about it," said Camila Valsechi. "I just wish they did something that was going to fix it for good and not have this keep going on every once in a while."
Repairs to the powerline were completed late Friday night and regular service resumed.
