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Trains Back Online After Derailment on Providence/Stoughton Commuter Line
A derailment on an Amtrak rail line in Rhode Island is stopping train service to T.F. Green and Wickford Junction.
Update, 6:36 p.m. - All delays effecting Mansfield have ended.
Shuttle buses are replacing trains on Rhode Island stops by the Providence/Stoughton commuter train following a derailment by a freight train on Tuesday afternoon.
Commuters traveling on the Massuchsetts Bay Transit Authority lines to TF Green and Wickford Junction will be shuttled via buses until further notice after a freight train car derailed between somewhere between Kingston and Providence at about 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25.
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Amtrak confirmed a derailment at 1:54 p.m. on its Twitter account on Rhode Island tracks that is causing delays for service between New York City and Boston. Departures from Providence are estimated to be running 2 hours and 8 minutes late.
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