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paulrail wrote:I see we are right into the negative;....bam, a great event is announced and right away,......"eight trains won't be enough to attract riders!! Why does this always happen on these forums? Gee, ,...give something a chance before "it won't work" or "that can't be done". You know, YOU might just be plain wrong!to answer the first part, more than eight trains is going to be difficult because there is no room to add more than eight trains on the NEC, too much traffic
BTW, will the MBTA trains run on the third freight track (as currently planned) to Davisville and then switch over to the NEC and run on Amtrak to Kingston? Or will the T run on Amtrak's NEC all the way to Kingston?
Anyone have an idea of what will happen?
paulrail wrote:I see we are right into the negative;....bam, a great event is announced and right away,......"eight trains won't be enough to attract riders!! Why does this always happen on these forums? Gee, ,...give something a chance before "it won't work" or "that can't be done". You know, YOU might just be plain wrong!I don't think 8 trains a day (mostly during the rush hours with no weekend service) are going to be convenient for people using the airport. At least initially, the service will probably be far better for commuters than airport users, which I believe was the previous poster's point.
BTW, will the MBTA trains run on the third freight track (as currently planned) to Davisville and then switch over to the NEC and run on Amtrak to Kingston? Or will the T run on Amtrak's NEC all the way to Kingston?
Anyone have an idea of what will happen?
obienick wrote:Did they really not build the catenary tall enough? Sounds like a dumb move by Amtrak if that is the case. Or, have the Kawasaki's just not been tested to see if they fit?there are some low clearances i believe on some bridges, which causes the catenary to be lowered to fit, which in turn doesnt' leave enough clearance for the K cars