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Are there any good sources that have current actual peak headways on the Red Line? I haven't verified it myself but from maps like this one it looks like the T just isn't publishing real-time vehicle data for the Red Line at all, which means nobody who's not willing to hang around a T station for an hour or so can find this out.

The good news is that the conductors on the Fitchburg line seem to have gotten the memo that any CharlieCard will get you to Porter, and the 5:55 Wachusett train had lots of open seats leaving North Station. But, the walk from South Station to North Station is just a little bit longer than I think it is, which is an issue if the 5:35 train leaves on time.

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dmaze

I don’t know a whole lot of details. If you look at JFK/UMass station on Google Maps, and look at pictures of the incident, the derailed car is basically immediately underneath the Columbia Road overpass (and you can see the doomed signal bungalow between the tracks). This is also right at Columbia Junction where the Ashmont and Braintree lines split; but immediately north of here is a branch to Cabot Yard, one of the main maintenance facilities. It doesn’t seem like access to Cabot Yard should be impacted (beyond having to manually dispatch trains through JFK/UMass Station).

My gut feel from trying to ride this morning is that they were running Ashmont trains at normal Ashmont-train frequency, and Braintree trains at normal Braintree-train frequency, and weren’t attempting to run more trains on the northern half of the system. (I think the best they could do is an Alewife-Park Street short train, but it’d still help Davis-Kendall commuters, for instance.) Like my initial post suggests I don’t know what actual headways are, I’ve seen several comments suggesting it’s more than twice normal but don’t have data.

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jered

I haven't observed for long enough, but both Richard and I have been seeing 15-20 minutes during rush hour. It's a disaster. We may be hitting statistical anomalies, and each conductor says "there's another train right behind," but I just assume they're lying.

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dcltdw

each conductor says "there's another train right behind," but I just assume they're lying.

They said that pre-derailment. I've always assumed they don't actually have any state info that we don't have.

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fredrikegerman

I saw 3 trains in about an hour when I tried to commute home at 5:30 the other day. None of them were boardable; I ended up walking home. I've seen wait times consistent with 15-20min headways since the derailment happened.