Thursday, March 18, 2021

"Slow Speed Incident" at MBTA Orange Line Near Wellington Station Medford MA

One of the MBTA's brand new Orange Line trainsets "...was crossing southbound tracks to accommodate maintenance work when it slipped the the rails at 11:04 a.m. There about 100 passengers on board and no injuries". 

The T plans to keep the line shut down for THREE WEEKS while repairs are completed.  Buses will be provided as substitute transportation.  

WNBC claims that "The MBTA is among the nation's worst transit agencies when it comes to derailments, according to federal records the NBC10 Boston Investigators reviewed...  Over the past five years, the MBTA reported trains came off the tracks 57 times, and 27 of those incidents involved passenger trains...
Only the transit system in New Orleans saw more derailments during that time, with a total of 77... A string of high-profile derailments in 2019 prompted creation of an independent panel to examine safety at the MBTA. In December of that year, the group concluded that the T had a "questionable" approach to safety including frequent lapses in maintenance and inspections."



https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/03/17/new-trains-out-of-service-as-mbta-investigates-orange-line-derailment/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-orange-line-train-derails-shuttle-buses-replacing-trains-on-6-stops/2330278/

https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-orange-line-train-derails-in-work-zone-at-wellington-station/35853192

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mbta-pulls-all-red-orange-line-trains-after-medford-derailment/