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Red Line
Incident Log
Car crash at Alewife
A driver, who was unfortunately trying to end their life, drove into a concrete sidewall in the Alewife garage, sending the 10,000 pound chunk of concrete hurling towards the mezzanine. Luckily, the metal framing prevented the beam from touching the ground.
2/5/2023 – Click for news articles
Red Line CRRC cars pulled
During a routine inspection of the 1400 series orange line trains, an engineer discovered a failure in a power cable which may have caused additional arcing, potentially damaging the trains axles. This left a limited fleet of cars available to service the orange line, leading to greater headways.
1/1/2023
Red Line
Fleet Info
#1 Red Line Cars
Pullman-Standard / 1969-1970 / 01500-01523 / 24 cars active
Cars NIS: 01510/01511
Built as self-contained trains, but operate in pairs.
#1 Red Line Cars
Pullman-Standard / 1969-1970 / 01600-01651 / 44 cars active
Cars NIS: 01646/01647, 01608/01609
Built as married pairs.
#2 Red Line Cars
UTDC / 1987-1989 / 01700-01757 / 56 cars active
Cars NIS: 01744/01745
Built as self-contained trains, but operate in pairs.
#3 Red Line Cars
Bombardier / 1993-1994 / 01800-01885 series / 82 cars active
Cars NIS: 01844/01845
Built as married pairs. 1802/1803 are big red
#4 Red Line Cars
CRRC / 2019-2024 / 1900-2151 series / 10 cars active
Cars in service: 1900/1901 thru 1908/1909
Cars in Testing / NIS: 1910 & 1911 in testing.
Green Line
Incident Log
Overhead wire issues #6431
Wire issues near the Kenmore station forced riders to take shuttle buses along the C and D branches. This is quite the popular spot for incidents, having many, many wire issues throughout the last year.
12/18/2022
Green Line
Fleet Info
PCC Streetcars
Pullman-Standard / 1945-1946 / 3072-3096, 3222-3271, 3234, 3265 series / 6 cars active
Cars NIS: 3238, 3254, 3260, 3262
Some PCC’s recently re-entered service after another complete rebuild.
#7 Series
Kinki-Sharyo / 1986-1988, 1997 / 3600-3719 series / 97 cars active
Cars NIS: 3614, 3658, 3690, 3710
These cars were rebuilt by Alstom from 2015 (’87 cars) and 2018 (‘97 cars) to 2019.
#8 Series
AnsaldoBreda / 1999-2007 / 3800-3894 series / 81 cars active
Cars NIS: 3847, 3854, 3803, 3807, 3808, 3818, 3822, 3831, 3832, 3862, 3873, 3893, 3894
These cars are usually paired to a type 7 car to enable accessible boarding on MOST green line trains.
#9 Series
CAF / 2018-2020 / 3900-3923 series / 24 cars active
Cars NIS: None!
These cars are a small order designed to maintain peak headways with the GLX opening. They will likely be moved to the MHSL once the #10 series arrives.
Blue Line
Incident Log
Blue line pantograph issues
A disabled train at the Suffolk Downs station forced passengers to use shuttle buses. This was caused by a broken pantograph on the 3rd car of the train. The broken pantograph even took a piece off the pedestrian bridge!
8/17/2022
Blue Line
Fleet Info
#5 Series East Boston
Siemens / 2007-2009 / 0700-0793 / 94 cars active
Cars NIS: None!
Orange Line
Incident Log
Orange Line CRRC cars pulled
During a routine inspection of the 1400 series orange line trains, an engineer discovered a failure in a power cable which may have caused additional arcing, potentially damaging the trains axles. This left a limited fleet of cars available to service the orange line, leading to greater headways.
1/1/2023
Orange Line
Fleet Info
#12 Series Main Line
Hawker-Siddeley / 1979-1981 / 01200-01319 / 48 cars active
Cars scrapped: 01200-01209, 01212/01213, 01218/01219, 01224/01225, 01230/01231, 01234-01251, 01254/01255, 01256-01259, 01262/01263, 01266-01271, 01316/01317
Cars NIS: 01210/01211, 01214/01215, 01216/01217, 01220/01221, 01226/01227, 01252/01253, 01260/01261, 01274/01275
#14 Series Orange
CRRC-MA / 2018-2023 / 01400-01551 / 76 cars active
Cars NIS: 01400/01401 (Derailment)
Currently under delivery; 1474/75 accepted for service & 1478/79 delivered 2/18/23.