Green Line service resumes after derailment near Kenmore leads to shuttle buses replacing B branch trains
BOSTON - Regular service resumed on the Green Line at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday after a derailment Saturday morning led to shuttle buses replacing service on the B branch.
The MBTA said a westbound train derailed just west of the platform at Kenmore station just before 9 a.m. About 25 people were on board at the time and no one was hurt. MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said all the passengers were evacuated and brought back to the platform.
The MBTA announced it re-railed the train just after 4:30 p.m., but would continue to use shuttle buses to replace B branch trains between Babcock Street and Copley while MBTA crews ran test trains through the area. Just before 5:30 p.m., the MBTA announced that trains were running again.
Service had just resumed on the line at 5 a.m. Saturday after the latest round of repairs. The MBTA said more than 70 Green Line trolleys had already traveled through Kenmore before the derailment.
Riders were frustrated by the delays.
"I think they kind of need to get it together with the closures and stuff because a lot of people rely on it to get from place to place," said Emerson College student Lena Hicks. "It's a little scary if the trains off the rails, I don't want to go on the train"
The MBTA has not said what caused the derailment. The MBTA has notified the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Transit Administration of the incident.
"We understand the frustration this incident causes for riders, particularly those who have been awaiting the return of service during construction," Eng said in a statement. "We want to assure passengers that we are diligently working to restore regularly scheduled service as soon as possible and investigating the cause."
For the latest on service, visit the MBTA website.