BOSTON (WHDH) - A two-car train set rolled out of a rail yard and onto the Red Line by Braintree Station, marking yet another incident for the MBTA.
No injuries or damage were reported, according to the MBTA.
Service was disrupted early Monday morning as crews responded to the incident just after 5:30 a.m., which reportedly happened as MBTA personnel were readying Red Line trains for the start of service.
In a statement, the MBTA said the train involved had “diminished braking capacity” and that a train operator was on board at the time of the rollaway.
The train was believed to have come to a stop some 800 feet north of Braintree Station.
The MBTA said a full investigation is underway.
The rollaway came less than two weeks after federal investigators detailed several other incidents in a scathing report on the MBTA, including a situation in May when several cars became loose and rolled backwards at the Braintree Station.
In a statement on Monday, the MBTA reiterated that it is “taking corrective actions to enhance safety around the movement of rail cars in yards.”
“Accompanied with plans to increase staffing at rail yards, the MBTA recently issued a series of new safety directives, trainings, and polices regarding train movements in rail yard facilities and car houses,” the statement read.
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