Every day thousands of people in and around the Boston metro area rely on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Association (MBTA) for transportation. MBTA provides several public transportation options, including busses, ferries, commuter rail, and the subway. According to the American Public Transportation Service, MBTA’s commuter rail service – nicknamed the…
One passenger was injured in a Braintree, MA train accident on Wednesday. The incident happened when a commuter train hit the cab of a tractor-trailer after the truck’s wheels had gotten stuck on the track. Fortunately the trucker was able to jump out of the vehicle in time. Some 60…
A recent Holbrook, Massachusetts, car-train accident is under investigation involving a Boston-bound commuter train and an elderly woman who has died from her injuries. According to authorities, Ann Kireilis, 91, from Brockton, was crossing the train tracks near the Holbrook-Avon border at the East High Street crossing when the train…
The town of Ashland, Massachusetts voted earlier this month to apply for approval of a quiet zone at its Main and Cherry streets rail crossings. In 2005, a new federal rule was established allowing communities to silence horns as trains pass at-grade crossings. The United States had over 400 of…
Here in Massachusetts, we’ve experienced several train accidents in recent years. Yesterday morning, two trains collided in Halle, Belgium and killed at least 18 people. Authorities estimate that at least 55 others were injured in the train collision, though they add that these numbers are not final. The crash occurred…
In Leverett, Massachusetts, authorities are investigating a fatal accident that occurred last Thursday just after 1:20pm. A pedestrian was reportedly hit and killed by an Amtrak Vertmonter train. A spokesperson for Amtrak said the person was trespassing on the tracks. According to a spokesperson from the University of Massachusetts, the…
A recent Boston subway crash injured 50 people. Fortunately, no one was killed, but the MBTA accident did raise questions about cell phone use among MBTA drivers and train conductors. However, in Washington, DC last week, a commuter rail accident killed nine people in what officials are calling the worst…
On Thursday morning, an Amtrak train traveling from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts hit a car that was stranded on the railroad track. Before the train accident, the car had been hit by another propelling vehicle that pushed it onto the railroad track. The car was totaled, with debris…
On Sunday afternoon, an Amtrak train running from Boston to Albany derailed in the town of Russell, Massachusetts. Police say the train accident occurred around 3pm. The train was carrying 109 passengers and five crew members, but fortunately no one was injured. The train’s crew kept the train upright and…
According to a Operation Lifesaver, a non-profit that focuses on rail safety across the country, there were 305 deaths at highway-rail grade crossings nationwide in 2007. Mansfield, Norton, and Foxboro have closet to 20 highway-rail grade crossings and those communities have recently experienced tragic train accidents, so state Rep. Jay…