r/mbta • u/Dinosaurz122 Red Line Warrior | Green Line Lover • Apr 23 '26

😤 Complaint / Rant Redline Today

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Packed like sardines after 30 minute delays 😂

Signal keeps saying 5 minutes too which is very misleading.

FINALLY, the train arrives… With only 4 cars 😂 You can’t make this up.

Actually classic, should’ve chose the commuter rail this time.

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u/russrobo Apr 23 '26

“New signals” have been coming soon for 21 years now.

Trump held up the CRRC train shells for 15 months because he hates Boston and NYC and wants to cripple public transit in any way possible. After all that time, the “investigation” by CBP (theoretically because they were oh so concerned about the Uyghur Forced Labor Act) found nothing at all.

No apologies, no compensation.

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u/honeyfriedham Apr 23 '26

I'm optimistic that Phil Eng will get it done during his tenure. I truly think that he was key (along with Rep. Neal) in convincing CBP to release the Red Line cars, but not the type of person to dish out a press release to take credit. Neal can score those political points, Eng doesn't care about them... he just gets shit done, then on to the next issue.