Somerville Green Line Crash Sends Five to Hospital
The T says it’s in the process of installing technology that’s designed to detect when trains are too close to each other, or are going too fast, after over 15 years of false starts.
The T says it’s in the process of installing technology that’s designed to detect when trains are too close to each other, or are going too fast, after over 15 years of false starts.
A subway train that derailed near Boston earlier this month had entered a 10 mph zone traveling at 36 mph, according to an initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday.
Federal investigators identified a Green Line operator’s “loss of situational awareness” as the likely cause of a July 2021 Green Line collision, and their report about the incident published Thursday also appeared to reveal a lengthy delay to an overdue MBTA safety feature that could have prevented the crash.