Derailed Green Line train going 36 mph in 10 mph zone, NTSB says

[Eugene]

Source: WBZ-TV/CBS Boston

Derailed Green Line train going 36 mph in 10 mph zone, NTSB says

By Riley Rourke
Updated on: October 16, 2024 / 5:16 PM EDT / CBS Boston

CAMBRIDGE - The Green Line train that derailed at the beginning of October was going 36 mph in a 10 mph zone, the National Transportation Safety Board Says.

The preliminary investigation by the NTSB showed that the train had left Lechmere Station heading east when it entered a 10 mph zone while traveling at 36 mph.

It then passed through a "double red signal" which requires trains to stop near Red Bridge interlocking, which is where the Medford/Tufts and Union Square branch intersect. The train then drove over a track switch, that was in the process of changing, and caused the second car to head in a different direction from the first, according to the NTSB.

The train remained upright throughout the derailment.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/green-line-train-derailed-cambridge/

[2naSalit]

1. Yikes!

Back in the day, I used to ride that very train heading into the city, takes you to the red line at some point so you can get to Cambridge. Coming in from NH that is.

[TommyT139]

2. They finally extended it

Into the area over by Tufts etc., as they had been planning since, what, the 1990s?

[2naSalit]

3. That's interesting.

I haven't been in that area for a very long time, like the early 70s. Friends and I would drive to Lechmere station and get on there. We went all over northern Boston/Cambridge area. There was so much to do.

[TommyT139]

4. Still is - just a lot more expensive now!

[2naSalit]

5. So I've heard...

I did go to Maine earlier this year and realized how much I still like the place. Lived there most of my childhood. I was in southern NH during my teens then I moved away forever.