but may be a little short especially if they're going to roll some kind of an actual connection to Wonderland in.
I would guess that they would just run a short shuttle from Wonderland to the potential future station in East Revere, it doesn't seem too pricy, and if they were to build an actual walkable connection between the two, they would need a massive overpass going over North Shore Road and the now empty footprint between that road and the Eastern Route Main itself, which would be just over 1,300 feet long according to google maps' distance measuring tool, sounds pricy if you ask me.
The people who live further out don't like infill stations because it makes their trips longer.
This is why the MBTA should start running peak express trains on most lines just as they do now on the Framingham/Worcester.
Trains move pretty fast through that area today.
That's why both passengers and engineers (the ones I have spoken to at least) love that segment, it is personally one of my favorite segments on the entire system and a big part of why the Newburyport/Rockport is one of my favorite lines.
If I personally were the one making these decisions, I would say "why not both?"
Because $$$
But with every passing day, the probability of the Blue Line extension ever happening further approaches zero.
They said the same thing about GLX, didn't they?
Photo by Alan Thomas: NYNH&H I-4 Pacific #1372 proudly thunders through Forest Hills as it makes its way to Providence R.I.