by Rockingham Racer
I thought I saw a video of a Keolis person who stated there are plans for a new CP 6.
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Rockingham Racer wrote:I thought I saw a video of a Keolis person who stated there are plans for a new CP 6.CP 6 is replacing CP 4. No net gain in crossovers. CP 4 essentially displaced by Boston Landing station.
nomis wrote:A theoretical CP16 would be a game changer for the line, especially with Cabs inside Framingham and Class IV speeds.I'll start the $1 billion Kickstarter campaign today
My dream is to see a triple track railroad from CP11 to CP16 (or CP 21/22) ... Comes with it rebuilt High Level Wellesley stations, or even HIgh Level Naticks
BandA wrote:This line was previously quad-tracked. Part of the row was either sold or leased or encroached on in Wellesley. Anyone know the status?Fairly certain that the whole ROW is intact between Weston & Framingham, though some of the station platforms may need to be reconfigured to accommodate a return to that configuration. Off the top of my head, the only structure that constrains the line west of Riverside is the bridge over "new" 128; even the bridge over the old 128 alignment (now the turnpike exit ramps) is quad-tracked. Triple tracking would be comparatively easy and would mainly need bridge rehab and rearranging the track centers.
dbperry wrote: --snip-- http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/2013 ... /307189299" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The link for Auburndale is less revealing. What conceptual plan? Article states the T has a 30% plan and is working on a 60% plan. I can't find any plan! Here is a link to some (yuck) pictures from what I am guessing is the T's architect http://www.fmarchitecture.com/project/a ... l-station/Have to agree, a single side platform was quite adequate for 1962 level of service.
Auburndale is the only Newton station with a conceptual plan right now, and it's even worse. One platform on track 1 side only - opposite from where current platform is for all three Newtons on track 2.
nomis wrote:Today should start a new analysis of the schedules, all remaining slow orders for the track work are now complete. The only one left is the one for Boston Landing @ CP4.That's my plan going forward, in 6 weeks we'll see what's changed.
BandA wrote:The biggest problems with the Newton stations is the lack of fare equity with the D-Riverside Highland Branch, which is located in higher-income neighborhoods than the main line stations but have fares 1/3 of Auburndale Zone-2 despite traveling a longer distance to Boston. Can't build ridership with fares that are higher than the all-in cost of driving.I'd suggest you have the right issue, but wrong comparison.