by STrRedWolf
markhb wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:20 pm There have been recurring suggestions in this forum that they could put the Grand Junction, which does run from BET just before North Station, through the MIT campus, across the Charles under the BU Bridge and connecting to the B&A just east of the former Beacon Yard, into revenue service to bring some of the Inland Route trains to North Station rather than South. While that would also provide a cross-platform connection from the Downeaster to New York, my hunch is that it would last until the first MIT student died while passed out on the tracks.I would also contend that there are too many safety critical things that would require coordination with MIT to safely let a train pass through, such as a nuclear reactor laboratory that's right next to the Grand Junction tracks... and MIT's Plasmas Science and Fusion Center... a magnet laboratory... a brain/cognitive sciences department that may use equipment that's detrimental to train operations AND straddles over the line itself (air rights)... and numerous grade crossings. You get what I mean.
The closest non-critical connection is Worcester to Ayer.