BOSTON — Door problems appear to be the latest thing preventing MBTA subway riders getting to and from their destinations on time.
On Wednesday morning, Eric Sanford posted on Twitter a Red Line train car at the Quincy Adams stop, "just had trouble opening the doors and almost left passengers behind."
Less than 24 hours earlier, Caitlin posted on Twitter, "Stuck in an #OrangeLine train that pulled into Back Bay with door problems. That's what we get for using orange line cars THAT ARE OLDER THAN ME!"
Boston 25 News scanned the MBTA's Twitter feed and found at least nine instances of door problems causing delays on Blue, Red and Orange Line trains. The delays were up to 15 minutes long and didn't discriminate against a particular commute.
2/27 @ 7:22PM
#MBTA #OrangeLine: Delays of up to 15 minutes due to disabled train with a door problem at Community College.
2/27 @ 7:55AM
#MBTA #RedLine: Delays of up to 10 minutes southbound due to a train with an earlier door problem.
2/24 @ 3:08PM
#MBTA #OrangeLine: Delays of up to 15 minutes due to a train with door problems at Forest Hills.
2/23 @ 6:04PM
#OrangeLine experiencing delays of up to 10 minutes due to a northbound train with an earlier door problem leaving Forest Hills. #mbta
2/22 @ 3:32PM
#MBTA #BlueLine: Delays of up to 10 minutes due to a train with a door problem at Revere Beach
2/20 @ 8:50AM
#MBTA #RedLine: Delays of up to 10 minutes northbound due to a train with an earlier door problem.
2/14 @ 3:40PM
#MBTA #RedLine: Delays of up to 15 minutes due to a train with a door problem at Harvard.
2/8 @ 8:39PM
#MBTA #RedLine: Delays of up to 15 minutes northbound due to a train with a door problem at Harvard.
2/1 @ 7:07AM
#MBTA #RedLine Braintree Branch: Delays of up to 10 minutes due to a train with a door problem at Quincy Adams.
"MBTA mechanical crews are working around the clock in an attempt to keep these more than forty year old subway cars functioning until the arrival of 404 new Orange and Red Line cars, beginning this year," MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo told Boston 25 News.