Derailment Forces Shuttle Buses From Oak Grove For 3 Weeks

Melrose MA

16 March, 2021

10:43 PM

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Tuesday's derailment of an Orange Line train at Wellington Station damaged a switch so badly that shuttle buses will replace train service from Oak Grove to Sullivan Square for the next three weeks, the MBTA said. The MBTA is pulling all its new cars off the tracks after a new Orange Line car carrying some 100 passengers went off the tracks. No one was injured, the MBTA said. The transit agency said it will need weeks to repair the switch that was damaged. The MBTA will also be working on infrastructure and improvements across the Orange Line. The MBTA is looking into what caused the derailment. Read: Orange Line Derails At Wellington Station