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I got caught in the aftermath trying to go to the Bruins game from Union Sq
The T has improved except the flagship Red Line which only has 16 CRRC cars in revenue service.
October 1 was a bad day
The T has improved except the flagship Red Line which only has 16 CRRC cars in revenue service.
October 1 was a bad day
They would have had the cars rerailed and service back to normal, but now the Feds (NTSB) are involved so looks like another day of shuttle buses at least.
Not clear from the videos but I think the train was outbound towards Union Square? They are saying track structure OK so think it was human error.
As a red line rider, this isn’t true.
The red line is night and day. Slow zones have been removed, and new cars are in service. The headways are no longer averaging 18 mins.
I need to take a ride to Braintree
Hard to believe but the old Blue Birds in 1963 reached 55 mph between South Station and Broadway.
They still have 60 Pullman-Standard cars ( 10 trains ) in service that are 55 years old.
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Boston media 10/2/24
The reports seem to be blaming this on operator error. From the picture it almost looks like the first car split the switch with the front heading to Medford and the rear to Union Sq. I wonder if the operator moved over the switch while it was changing from the Medford to Union Sq routing. To do this he/she would have had to pass the double red stop and stay that would not have cleared until the switch had been set properly. But this is all speculation on my part, we will have to wait until the NTSB issues its report.
If this turns out to be operator error, all the more reason to get the Green Line Train Protection System up and running ASAP.
If this turns out to be operator error, all the more reason to get the Green Line Train Protection System up and running ASAP.
