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Here’s what happened with the Blue Line train that got stuck under Boston Harbor
Officials said Wednesday a decades-old cable that fell inside a subway tunnel a day earlier was the reason why a Blue Line ...
Downed cable that caused Blue Line evacuation was more than 50 years old, official says
The 50- to 60-year-old steel cable probably “weakened until the point where it came down” after decades in a damp, ...
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MBTA finds more problems on Blue Line while repairing fallen 50-year-old cable
The head of the MBTA said more problems were uncovered during an investigation into a Blue Line train evacuation​ that ...
Old, fallen cable caused signal problem that shut down MBTA Blue Line in Boston
A decades-old cable that fell in the MBTA Blue Line tunnel in Boston, which caused a signal problem, prompted a massive evacuation inside the tunnel under Boston Harbor on Tuesday, MBTA General ...
MBTA confirms 50-year-old broken cable caused evacuation of Blue Line train
More than 450 MBTA passengers were evacuated from a Blue Line train in the tunnel under the Boston Harbor due to a signal ...
Hundreds of people evacuated off MBTA blue line train in Boston
Hundreds of people were stuck in Boston while on the MBTA blue line train. Firefighters evacuated about 500 people to safety.
Rules for 700-foot skyscrapers across downtown will have to wait
The long-gestating rules outlining what can be built where in the core of downtown Boston will get at least another few weeks ...