Comments on: Red Line Train To Myself http://www.dandunn.org/blog/2009/05/red-line-train-to-myself/ Arlington, Mass, and More Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:44:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dunster http://www.dandunn.org/blog/2009/05/red-line-train-to-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 dunster Sat, 23 May 2009 20:55:56 +0000 http://www.dandunn.org/blog/?p=560#comment-4686 @octopus: I agree, it was to make room for the next incoming train. Still, they should have loaded the train that was leaving, not the train that was waiting. That "next train out" sign hasn't lit up in months. There wasn't an announcement about which track was leaving. And my past experience tells me that even if there WAS an announcement, it would have sounded like the elementary school teacher in the Peanuts cartoons. It's basically just another blog post about MBTA's failure to be a customer-focused organization. @octopus: I agree, it was to make room for the next incoming train. Still, they should have loaded the train that was leaving, not the train that was waiting. That “next train out” sign hasn’t lit up in months. There wasn’t an announcement about which track was leaving. And my past experience tells me that even if there WAS an announcement, it would have sounded like the elementary school teacher in the Peanuts cartoons. It’s basically just another blog post about MBTA’s failure to be a customer-focused organization.

]]> By: lynn http://www.dandunn.org/blog/2009/05/red-line-train-to-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 lynn Fri, 22 May 2009 20:56:54 +0000 http://www.dandunn.org/blog/?p=560#comment-4653 no, but i sure do! no, but i sure do!

]]> By: BOB http://www.dandunn.org/blog/2009/05/red-line-train-to-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 BOB Fri, 22 May 2009 20:40:47 +0000 http://www.dandunn.org/blog/?p=560#comment-4651 big deal do u want a cookie? big deal do u want a cookie?

]]> By: octopusgrabbus http://www.dandunn.org/blog/2009/05/red-line-train-to-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-4648 octopusgrabbus Fri, 22 May 2009 19:57:28 +0000 http://www.dandunn.org/blog/?p=560#comment-4648 It probably had to do with the next train in and how the station wanted to position the next train; that is whether they wanted the next Alewife inbound train to cross over or come straight in. I don't know if they still do this, but at Porter, the driver used to have to pick up a phone mounted on the wall and talk with someone, before leaving for Alewife (from Porter). The part that could have been at fault was whether the "next train out" sign was lit for the train on which you were originally and whether the departure bell (accompanied by a light and at the outbound tunnel entrance for each track) was ringing for the train you were on originally. And then, it could have been as lame as you describe. It probably had to do with the next train in and how the station wanted to position the next train; that is whether they wanted the next Alewife inbound train to cross over or come straight in.

I don’t know if they still do this, but at Porter, the driver used to have to pick up a phone mounted on the wall and talk with someone, before leaving for Alewife (from Porter).

The part that could have been at fault was whether the “next train out” sign was lit for the train on which you were originally and whether the departure bell (accompanied by a light and at the outbound tunnel entrance for each track) was ringing for the train you were on originally.

And then, it could have been as lame as you describe.

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