Commuter Rail Delay/Cancellation Thread

[octr202]

Sounds like a signal meltdown at North Station this morning impacting everything still running all the way in. (Congrats, Eastern Route, saved by bustitution!)

On the Fitchburg, 404 inbound and 405 outbound seem to have taken 25-35 minute hits. 406 apparently dumped everyone off at Porter before starting its crawl inbound.

[Commuterrail1050]

Major delays on the northeast corridor today due to signal and switch issues in canton and Attleboro due to lightning strikes. Multiple trains delayed hours or cancelled altogether.

[MBTAVideoClips]

My friend was on 177 and was stuck in Attleboro for 2+ hours (ended up getting into NYC after midnight, scheduled at 9:30 PM). I was also railfanning at Readville with friends & saw numerous outbound trains stop at the station (Stop Signals @ Transfer). Most of them waited for overtaking amtrak/express mbta's, though I also saw a few getting stop signals for seemingly no reason. I'm dissapointed in myself for not bringing my scanner LOL.

[Commuterrail1050]

Another major delay on the northeast corridor. Not even a week later after a double whammy last Friday, Amtrak’s catenary wires goes down at Hyde park. As I’m typing this, I’m not sure which single track is open. Most if not all Franklin, foxboro, providence, and stoughton lines are operating express via fairmount line.