Komarovsky wrote:Riding h2h again this morning, shockingly about 40 riders in my car, which was better than yesterday (not including the pols et al).
The inbound might prove to be viable yet(haven't ridden the OB yet).
The only way it's viable (when so many other trains don't have enough capacity/seating) is if they're really using those seats. Sure, it's nice for the people that can take it, but there's a lot of reports of trains that way under capacity so far, and we know there was A) a coach shortage prior to the schedule change, and B) that this new schedule requires more trainsets (and likely more cars).
Our correspondent Dave has been reporting that 508 is running more full than before (even with 8 doubles), and there's been reports (via Twitter) that at least one Needham train seems to be filling up.
Meanwhile, last night Haverhill 217 (5:35 PM all-stops local) was jammed to the gills as we were crammed into 4 cars (1 double/3 flats), apparently one of which didn't have HVAC (wasn't the one I was in!). That train used to run with six flats most of the time prior to the arrival of the Rotems up north.
Obviously, it'll take some time to figure out the right consists for all of these trains - I just hope there's enough coaches to go around to support it.