Impacts from a low-speed train derailment outside of South Station Tuesday will affect riders on the Fairmount Line Wednesday as crews continue work to re-rail one of the cars and inspect the tracks, a spokesperson for Keolis said in a statement.
Latest updates:
1:00 p.m. - Keolis spokesperson Tory Mazzola says Tuesday's slow-speed train derailment was caused by "human error." The investigation is onoing.
8:19 a.m. - A Keolis spokesperson says the damaged rail car has been removed and crews are now inspecting the track, but they do not yet have an estimate of when regular service will resume.
NEW: @KeolisBoston says it cannot yet provide the "exact speed" of trains that "made contact" prior to this derailment of coach cars with 4 passengers on board.
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) April 10, 2019
We have learned that trains in this area are supposed to operated at less than 20 mph.@boston25 #MBTA @JoyDumandanTV https://t.co/AfX7ucvhJJ
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Commuter Alert: NO service on Fairmount line this morning. Instead, buses will be provided. Crane brought in and crews have been working non-stop to upright 3 rail cars that went off track after a maintenance train made contact last night. Live reports this a.m. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/jXiMbdx5SK
— Joy Dumandan (@JoyDumandanTV) April 10, 2019
5:06 a.m. - Shuttle buses will replace train service for riders on the Fairmount Line.
UPDATE: Shuttle bus locations for the Fairmont Line: Morton St. Station board bus @ intersection Morton St & Norfolk St. (1 block away). Blue Hill Ave Station board bus @ Blue Hill Ave. Four Corners/Geneva board bus @ Washington St., an Newmarket board bus @ Mass Ave end of ramp.
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) April 10, 2019
Normal train service is suspended along the entire Fairmount line Wednesday, April 10 due to last nights derailment. A bus shuttle will be provided at every station between Readville and South Station to accommodate inbound and outbound passengers.
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) April 10, 2019
4:45 a.m. - The Fairmount Line will not operate Wednesday morning as crews work to inspect and re-rail train cars after Tuesday night's derailment, a Keolis spokesperson said in a statement. Passengers will be bused on a schedule running "similar to the Fairmount Line train schedule." Keolis said it would give additional updates throughout the day but did not say when service is expected to resume.
COMMUTER ALERT: no Fairmount Line trains will run this AM after low speed derailment. Buses will run on train schedule @boston25
— Catherine Parrotta (@CatherineNews) April 10, 2019
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April 9, 11:23 p.m.
The MBTA Commuter Rail's Twitter account alerted commuters to the news Tuesday night, saying the Middleborough/Lakeville, Kingston/Plymouth and Greenbush trains from South Station had not departed due to the low-speed, upright derailment outside of the station.
BOSTON: @MBTA_CR train derailment near south-station. An out of service train leaving (8pm)the maintenance yard made contact with the fairmont line train. 4 passengers were on board the fairmont line. No injuries reported. We will have another live report at 11p @boston25 pic.twitter.com/TQYo3ug5pg
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) April 10, 2019
Update: Middleborough/Lakeville, Kingston/Plymouth, and Greenbush Line trains will experience delays due to a low speed upright derailment with no injuries at this time.
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) April 10, 2019
Initially, the MBTA said the Greenbush train was 10-20 minutes behind schedule, but the timeframe was bumped up to 40-50 minutes shortly thereafter.
The Greenbush train was then able to depart the station around 9:26 p.m. and the MBTA said it was operating 60-65 minutes behind schedule.
Update: Greenbush Train 091 (8:25 pm from South Station) has departed South Station and is operating 60-65 minutes behind schedule due to a low-speed upright derailment outside of South Station.
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) April 10, 2019
Other trains were forced to operate at reduced speeds, with more delays expected due to the derailment.
Update: Middleborough/Lakeville, Kingston/Plymouth, and Greenbush Line trains will operate at reduced speeds near South Station and may experience delays due to a low speed upright derailment with no injuries at this time.
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) April 10, 2019
A Keolis spokesperson said an out of service train was leaving the maintenance yard when it made contact with the Fairmont Line train.
The Fairmont Line train had four passengers on board, while the out of service train had no passengers on it.
There were no injuries to the crews on either train or any passengers, and the incident is under investigation.
.@MBTA_CR says this will take hours to repair. Again, thankfully no injuries reported in the train derailment outside of South Station. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/8qn8dAjYOk
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) April 10, 2019
A Keolis spokesperson said there are three coach cars that were derailed, and said it was expected to take hours to right the trains and get the line back in service.
Keolis also said an inspection will have to be done on the infrastructure, the rail ties and tracks to make sure they are safe for travel.
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