Good thing the platform at Maverick is extra wide, means room for riders to wait after a train has died

Something went each fizzzly and sparky connected the Blue Line this afternoon, turning what is usually a quiescent Saturday into the equivalent of a rush-hour commute arsenic the T scrambled to put a shuttle bid betwixt Maverick and Aquarium connected the outbound tracks due to the fact that the inbound tracks were nary longer usable.

The T declared "a powerfulness problem" astatine Aquarium inbound, which successful English usually means thing went roar and shorted retired oregon got ripped up oregon fell down. Or arsenic Ellison Tavico reported:

Currently successful bid 0773, saw sparks connected the close broadside of the bid (A-B side, according to the doorway markings).

As of 4:10 p.m., the shuttle was inactive running.