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Re: Interesting Consist Discussion for the North Side

 by cbrett ¦  Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:54 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Interesting Consist Discussion for the North Side ¦  Replies: 622 ¦  Views: 192877

Around 3-4 I saw an Amtrak car in the middle of a consist on the Beverly Drawbridge headed towards Boston, what's up with that? Tried to get a pic but I was busy with some Bill &Bobs Roast Beef and missed the shot

Re: Red-Blue Connector

 by cbrett ¦  Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:53 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Red-Blue Connector ¦  Replies: 192 ¦  Views: 88514

Especially if they ever extend the Blue Line to Lynn, opens up a ton of possibilities for Lynn and the million bus connections there. I wonder how many people in that area already are commuting to MGH

Re: NEC Future: HSR "High Line", FRA, Amtrak Infrastructure

 by cbrett ¦  Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:12 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: NEC Future: HSR "High Line", FRA, Amtrak Infrastructure Plan ¦  Replies: 1066 ¦  Views: 200998

I'm working on a project for school that's comparing the different routings proposed for expanding/upgrading the NEC, does anyone know if there's a GIS shapefile out there with the preferred routing of NEC Future? I emailed them a week ago but still haven't got a response

Re: Interesting Consist Discussion for the South Side

 by cbrett ¦  Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:52 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Interesting Consist Discussion for the South Side ¦  Replies: 374 ¦  Views: 144055

Is #1120 owned by MassDoT too? It had a MassDot Logo on the side of it when it stopped at West Natick headed towards Worcester at around 3:10 today. Is this on all the engines and I'm just really obvlivious, or is this something else?

Re: Eastern Route questions

 by cbrett ¦  Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:03 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Eastern Route questions ¦  Replies: 52 ¦  Views: 27154

So I guess this study bill can be useful for forcing the issue that's been tabled ever since the '04 North Shore Transit Improvements final recs all went unimplemented (except for the slovenly parking garage expansions). Pretending it's going to be an RDC shuttle is a crude, but not necessarily ine...

Re: Eastern Route questions

 by cbrett ¦  Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:34 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Eastern Route questions ¦  Replies: 52 ¦  Views: 27154

Yeah, I have no idea what to make out of this proposal, are they suggesting that the study would be on a Peabody-Salem DMU shuttle? I could maybe see the appeal of faster service than the unbelievably slow local busses to Salem, but I don't see how much ridership potential it could have without beco...

Re: Springfield Line Upgrade in CT

 by cbrett ¦  Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:33 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: AMTRAK NEC: Springfield Shuttle/Regional/Valley Flyer/Inland Routing ¦  Replies: 2317 ¦  Views: 436494

I need to get from Springfield to NYC for the APA Conference in the beginning of May, what are the odds that the currently non bus trips end up bustituted? Also does anyone know the official date for the start of the new Union Station?