MBTA announces Red Line service was finally “restored” after June derailment

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced the “completion” of all Red Line signal repair efforts on September 25th, 2019. As a result, the “regularly” scheduled Red Line service has been restored, after more than three months a derailment in JFK/Umass Station affected the service.

“I want to express my deepest gratitude to our customers for their patience while restoration work took place. I also want to thank our entire workforce and contractors for their efforts to work seven days a week to restore the system to normal,” MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said.

According to the transportation agency, the service was recovered in all areas, including the Ashmont and Braintree branches. As of last week, “about” 14 trains are running per hour through the downtown area of the Red Line, or about one train every four to five minutes during rush hour. During the mid-day, the Red Line is also back to operating “between nine and ten trains per hour,” the MBTA explains in a press release submitted.

On September 16th, the agency stated that the derailment incident that hit the quality of life of thousands of commuters happened because of a fractured axle on the incident car.

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