More defects found in Green Line tracks, so trolleys will keep running as slow as, well, you know

After saying yesterday the only reason to keep the entire Green Line as a slow zone was to put up signs to alert train drivers to individualized slow zones, the MBTA announced today it's steady, um, slow as she goes for the entire Green Line because they've found more track problems.

Speed restriction of 10-25 mph remains in place on Green Line from end-to-end. T has identified portions of track which may include multiple defects that need to be investigated or mitigated.

As each defect is validated and corrected as needed, that track portion will be able to have the speed restriction lifted. Speed restrictions are in place for the safety of employees and customers.

The T first announced a global slowdown across the entire T system on March 9, after inspectors from the state Department of Public Utilities, prodded into remembering they were supposed to be overseeing T safety when the feds showed up earlier this year, found problems on the Ashmont branch of the Red Line and then the T couldn't show proof other track problems had been fixed. The added delays, of course, were on top of already existing delays caused by other track problems and an ongoing shortage of dispatchers.

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