BOSTON — Delays were continuing this morning on one Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority line after a Thursday afternoon derailment of an outbound commuter train.
No injuries were reported when the Framingham/Worcester train derailed near the Lansdowne station in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. Keolis Commuter Services, the contract operator of MBTA commuter trains, described the accident as “a low-speed upright derailment,” the Boston Globe reports. Photographs indicate that only the cab coach of the train derailed.
The accident occurred about 4 p.m. and led to significant delays during the Thursday evening commute. Delays of 20-30 minutes were being reported Friday morning as track repairs continued at the derailment site.
The derailment comes a few weeks after release of a highly critical report on MBTA safety practices [see “Panel’s report says ‘safety is not the priority’ at MBTA,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 10, 2019], although that report was aimed at MBTA transit operations and largely exempted Keolis from its criticisms.
