CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Service on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line remains disrupted today (Oct. 2) following a Tuesday derailment of a Green Line train — an incident the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
The MBTA says in a post on social media site X that shuttle buses continue to replace service between North Station and Medford/Tufts. Riders to Union Square should use regular bus lines to connect to shuttles, or take the Orange Line.
Seven people were taken to hospitals after a Green Line train with about 50 people aboard derailed near the Lechmere station about 5 p.m. [see “Seven taken to hospital …,” Trains News Wire, Oct. 1, 2024]. An MBTA official said the lead and center trucks of the train derailed as the train crossed a switch; and that agency was focusing on human error as cause of the derailment.
The NTSB said Tuesday night in a post on X that it was sending a team to investigate the derailment. Some investigators were expected to arrive Tuesday night, with others arriving today.
