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Trolley derails near Park Street; no injuries but Green Line is hosed
By adamg on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 9:32am
The T is telling passengers to take the Orange Line for downtown points.
My first subway tunnel evacuation! Happy Friday the 13th! #mbta #Fridaythe13th pic.twitter.com/OZhir3P4rq
— Jeff Durney (@jeffdurney) May 13, 2016
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Derailment was on the second car (yes, a Breda car)
We were coming into Park Street. The operator was preparing to stop for the permanent stop signal at the end of the platform, when there was a sudden jolt and the train shuddered to a stop (Just to clarify, I was at the front of the first car).
While waiting for people to arrive to assist in the evacuation, the operator mentioned to a bunch of us that we'd had a derailment. In the meantime, I could hear the dispatcher over the radio advising all eastbound service to loop at Park Street - I imagine the backup is well past Copley at this point.
Ironically, coming into Government Center, I noticed the equipment and debris still blocking the Brattle Loop and thought to myself "Hope they don't have a problem where they would need to use that loop."
BTW, in my 36+ years of riding the T, this is the third derailment and the second tunnel evacuation I've personally been involved in.
Please stop
Please stop riding the train.
For the rest of ours sake. Thanks.
I presume you're being sarcastic
But I did the math anyway.
Assuming 24,000 one-way trips over those 36 years (it's probably slightly higher than that), that means I was personally involved in a derailment 0.013 percent of the time. And I was personally involved in a tunnel evacuation 0.008 percent of the time.
Yes, sarcasm
My rate is 0%.
Maybe I should ride more?
These things only seem to happen on days when I'm not riding.
Nope
The headline doesn't rhyme
Deciding when a rhyme is fine sometimes involves a fine line
If there's a chance of injuries or something really major, I'll go with a straight headline. Hindsight is, of course, 20-20.
Word from MassDOT
The first of the 2-car train
Not quite. I was on the first car, and neither car had reached the platform. Passengers from both cars had to be evacuated through the tunnel.
Update - Full service has just been restored
T alerts advise to expect "severe residual delays."