Ruggles now has a side platform too, giving them 3 station tracks. The Newton station rebuilds cannot have island platforms due to bridges and vertical clearances and narrowness of the row.
twropr wrote:The MBTA material describing the Worcester station platform project mentioned that Worcester is the only station on the line that can handle only one train at a time.It's the only station where passenger service has 1-track operation. As B&A says above, the Newton stations only physically have a platform on 1 track with a walkway to the other for occasional boarding use, but the other track is used by passenger trains daily - they just usually bypass the station by schedule. Since Worcester is the terminus point and only has 1 platform track, it can't be run by like Newton stations can.
twropr wrote:Is maximum passenger train speed over the Framingham/Worcester line still 60 MPH?There are some stretches up to 79 now, been that way for about 3-4 years.