Governor: MBTA's Performance in Storm is 'Not Acceptable'

By Les Masterson

Gov. Charlie Baker took aim at the MBTA during his press conference on Monday afternoon.

He updated the public and said South of Boston may get the jackpot of two feet of snow from the storm. Baker said there has been “modest outages” with the biggest issue in Randolph.

The governor also said he has been “frustrated” and “disappointed” with the MBTA’s performance. He said his administration talked over the weekend with the T about making sure the train service would maintain an abbreviated schedule.

However, the T has not been able to maintain an abbreviated schedule “for a variety of reasons.”

The MBTA suspended some trains on the Red and Orange lines through Monday night. A Red Line train was stranded in Quincy for about two hours on Monday morning.

He acknowledged that the snowfall has been unprecedented and that there are a lot of people working hard at the T, but he said serious conversations are needed to explore “next steps.”

“This performance is simply not acceptable,” said Baker. “Let’s face it -- this can’t happen again.”