Of course the Red Line ‘ghost train’ is already on Twitter
Because the Internet.
Early Thursday morning, an MBTA Red Line train took off from Braintree Station filled with passengers, but with no conductor at the wheel. Luckily, the MBTA managed to de-power the third rail and halt the train, with passengers exiting the cars unscathed, but that didn’t stop regular T-riders and Bostonians from questioning what went wrong.
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It also didn’t take long for the so-called “ghost train’’ of the Red Line to get its own parody Twitter account, making light of the incident.
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The Red Line Ghost Train even got political in its first hours of existence.
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The incident itself is currently under investigation.
“It’s pretty clear the main control that drives the train was tampered with,’’ Governor Charlie Baker told reporters at a press conference. “I think the big issue on this is whether it was a negligence issue or something else.’’
Until then, Boston’s fascination with the “ghost train’’ continues.
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