June 1, 2008
MBTA to Re-Create Green Line Situation Today
NECN reports that investigators will re-create last Wednesday's green line crash (minus the crash part) in Newton this afternoon. Officials have determined that the train that crashed into another train was going nearly 30 miles per hour faster than it should have been, and have verified that traffic signals in the area were in working order. The MBTA would like to find out what happened last Wednesday in order to determine the reasons for the crash and to prevent a similar tragedy in the future. The test will take about three hours, and the green line will be closed for it. Passengers will be bussed from Newton Highlands to Riverside during the test, and green line service is expected to return to normal for the Monday morning commute.
Green line train image tagged Bostonist by Flickr user WallyG
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How do you re-create the event without including the crash part?
Via this logic, we're going to get a report from the MBTA that the trains didn't actually collide, and everyone was okay.
(For the record, I'm not suggesting that they should actually re-create the crash part, I'm just trying to figure out the logistics/purpose)
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the test only will check track,signals,sun glare, or any other conditions that would have interfered with the operator...
based on the comments so far the operator made no attempt to stop...or did the vehicle fail to respond to her braking ....?
it will take some time to test and determine if the vehicle involved had controlling hardware or software that is defective...
because the operator has less than 1 year on the job it may well be operator error....
this was the most severe accident on this line and only the operator was killed...if this were a bus or automobile many would be killed..
most will continue to use the T as it has a very good safety record..