by BandA
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.
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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.
mbrproductions wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:29 amI just checked, and it takes an hour and a half by train to get from Boston to Worcester compared to 50 minutes by driving, how come the Worcester Line takes this long?18 stops on the Framingham-Worcester Line.
MI MIN Speed Station
1.2 6 12MPH BBY
1.3 5 15.6 LND
2.2 5 26.4 Boston Landing
3.4 5 40.8 N'ville
1.0 3 20 W.New
1.1 3 22 Aub
2.3 4 34.5 Wellesley Farms
1.0 2 30 Wellesley Hills
1.2 3 24 Wellesley (Sq)
3.0 4 45 Natick
2.2 5 26.4 W. Natick
1.5 5 18 Framingham
3.8 6 38 Ashland
2.2 6 22 S'boro
6.6 9 44 W'bro
2.4 5 28.8 Grafton
7.8 13MIN or 16MIN
36MPH or 29.25MPH
Worcester