Along the tracks. When this system guess out it has a enormous impact. Reporter after a hectic morning with commuters forced to deboard before south station to stapped in long lines and stand in long lines and make unexpected connections amtrak crews were on the tracks trying to fix the issue and using manual signals holding up signs to direct limited trains slowly. To have this happen and to find out about it, at 6 in the morning, and to be scrambling trying to figure out how to help people deal with the morning commute was not the preferred route for any of us. And i get the frustration believe me. Reporter limited trains leaving south station here and the latest is there are two routes up and running stoughton and providence line are leaving the station here but again they are limited. And amtrak says the problems with the signals and switches continues. Things will be back to normal or if it will be back up and running by tomorrow morning. David. Back to you. Thank you. And as you
Looking forward to the weekend. Its going to be mild out there danielle. Thats the good news. Its going to feel like spring 50 tomorrow and sunday. Happy friday. One more day today. Temperatures are pretty normal. We will be running in the 30sthis afternoon. But a chilly start. We are 14 in worcester and 12 in nashua. 19 taunton, 21 in boston and 30 in chatham. Milder on the cape because we have had clouds. A little real feel in fact it feels like Single Digits in worcester right now. Feels like 4. 9 in concord New Hampshire and 11 in bostonch the wind is actually boston. The wind is going to subside. Clear skies over us. Flurries overnight on the cape and still ocean effect clouds from the Plymouth County to the cape. These clouds will also tend to depart as we head throughout the mid to late morning. So 20s to start. Rise at 6 36. Upper 30s through lunchtime and its going to be a nice winter active as yesterday day. The wind light not as active as yesterday. In the afternoon and even
Tonight as we cool down, we bring in the risk for scattered snow showers. 36 to 42 degrees today with increasing afternoon clouds. We have up to about an inch of snow in your overnight forecast snow in your overnight forecast. We will take an hourbyhour look coming up. Gene, sara, back to you. The big story of the morning the mbta tweeting that major delays will continue for people who ride the rails. The signal issue that caused problems still not fixed. Sara we have Team Coverage sara we have Team Coverage. Michael henrich live outside of south station where crews are working on the problem. But first, julie grauert, information that people need to know to get into the city today. Julie sara and gene, when you visit the mbta web site, this is what you will see a giant orange banner that alerts to you the signal system failure connected to amtrak. Passengers will be unable to depart south station on many of the commuter lines. Franklin, providence, stoughton have access. Plymouth, gre
So you can see its a mess. Its hard for people to even board the trains or get off the train because so many people are here waiting to board their train. Going on. Hour. Its a mess and also amtrak just told Mass Department of transportation that the problem with the switches is not going to be fixed for this evenings commute and may not even be fixed for tomorrows commute. So you need to check mbtas website as well as their twitter. Check our website at whdh. Com to see the latest because again, i mean this is an absolute mess. Live in signed Back Bay Station, Brandon Gunnoe, 7 news. Jadiann it is a packed house in there right now. Track trouble proving to be a challenge for engineers to fix. Adam doing it by hand. They have a been out there since this morning so lets get to dan hausle continuing our coverage. He is live at bostons south station. Dan . Commuters heir but some of the commuters are facing the same problems. Only stoughton and providence line that is leaving here. Look a