WCVB reports a trolley with five passengers onboard hit an out-of-service train sitting on the tracks at East Somerville shortly after midnight. One passenger was taken to the hospital with neck injuries, WCVB reports.
The T is running shuttle buses as it and the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the crash.
First-person account and photo from a rider.
On Oct. 1, a Green Line trolley derailed near Lechmere after its driver went through a red signal way too fast and hit a switch that was still changing position to put his train on the right track.
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Post from someone on the train
By mg
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 2:42pm
There's a reddit postfrom from someone who was on the train, with more details in the comments.
Ok, faster? Suuuuure.
By Frelmont
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 3:20pm
Ok, faster? Suuuuure.
I don't know about u guys,
By anon
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 8:36pm
I don't know about u guys, but the shocker to me was up close photo of the train's wheel that gave out and twisted off the track. It's rusted dry brown and corroded.
I don't know about you guys,
By anon
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 8:46pm
I don't know about you guys, but my attention was frozen when I saw the shocking condition of the train's corroded, rusted, dry brown wheel that twisted off the track. Look at that damn shit.
Couldn’t find the brake?!
By robo
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 9:40pm
Sounds like we need mandatory driver testing for MBTA drivers.
How you crash into another trolley seems impossible to me, but union proud!
Posting is painfully slow lately
By robo
Sun, 02/09/2025 - 9:50pm
And after waiting 60 seconds for the acknowledgment, you have two posts?!
Still busses as of Monday morning
By BostonDog
Mon, 02/10/2025 - 9:25am
One lousy driver can cause millions of dollars of damage and inconvenience thousands. The feds aren't going to pay to replace those trolleys.
This keeps happening with the green line and there's no excuse. Most new personal cars have a method of detecting stopped vehicles ahead so there's readily available technology that would greatly reduce these crashes.
They are working on it
By anon
Mon, 02/10/2025 - 3:30pm
<a href="https://www.mbta.com/projects/green-line-train-protection-system">MBTA-i...
But you know what that means...
(From Ch5)
<a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/green-line-train-protection-system-delays-m...
"At the time, Eng said the agency anticipated being able to implement the first phase of the plan, audible warning alerts, in 2025."
Ah, yes... "anticipated"
Tired of this.
By Thomas
Mon, 02/10/2025 - 9:16am
Absolutely tired of the incompetence on the green line. They spent billions on new fare systems and they can’t even hire competent operators. I’d like to see what the criteria is for train conductors
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