by Arlington
This seems worth its own thread (sorry if duplicative: I could not find one with PTC or Positive in its thread title): The T has published a weekend shutdown schedule for pretty much the entire PTC rollout:
Commuter Rail Positive Train Control (PTC) Program
By finishing the work in Spring/Summer of 2018, they've done a nice job of meeting the December 31, 2018 federal deadline.
Commuter Rail Positive Train Control (PTC) Program
2017 Weekend train service is projected to be suspended for:[bolds and some formatting mine]
- The Newburyport/Rockport Line starting the weekend of July 8, 2017 through the weekend of September 30, 2017.
- The Lowell Line starting the weekend of August 5, 2017 through the weekend of September 30, 2017.
- The Needham Line starting the weekend of September 23, 2017 through the weekend of November 25, 2017.
- The Haverhill Line starting the weekend of September 23, 2017 through the weekend of December 2, 2017.
- The Fairmount Line starting the weekend of November 18, 2017 through the weekend of December 23, 2017.
- 2018 PTC weekend shutdowns will be finalized by late 2017/early 2018 in order to start back up in Spring of 2018, and will impact the
- Franklin,
- Fitchburg, and
- Worcester Commuter Rail lines.
- No weekend shutdowns are required on the Greenbush, Middleborough, Providence/Stoughton, and Kingston/Plymouth Commuter Rail lines.
By finishing the work in Spring/Summer of 2018, they've done a nice job of meeting the December 31, 2018 federal deadline.
"Trying to solve congestion by making roadways wider is like trying to solve obesity by buying bigger pants."--Charles Marohn