Has or does anyone know on a date announced on the increase Worcester service and if anyone has a draft schedule for the increase service, please post it.
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A total of seven weekday roundtrips are set to be added to the current 13 trips made between Boston and Worcester, according to T spokesman Joe Pesaturo.http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/fra ... _rail.html
Three of the new trips are expected to launch soon after the final deed transfer from the deal with CSX is made, he said. The transfer, expected to happen in October, will grant ownership of the tracks to the state’s transportation department and control to the MBTA.
Within a few months after the transfer, at least two more trips will be added, including one that would run on an “express” scheduled to and from Worcester, Pesaturo said.
The remaining trips are expected to roll out sometime in 2013, after the T receives new bi-level coaches that are currently being manufactured, he said.
The plan to reach a total of 20 round trips...
Backshophoss wrote:When will CSX be totaly out of Beacon Park and when will CSX turn control over to MBTA/MBCR?The Commonwealth takes ownership of the tracks Oct. 2nd....meaning that now our engineering dept. will maintain the tracks. However, the line is still going to be dispatched by the CSX NA dispatcher in Selkirk, NY and trains still goverened by CSX's operating rules....the time frame for a total NORAC/Dispatching take over is anywhere from 6 months-2 years away
MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:As for the yard itself, MBCR will maintain only Lead 1, the route from the Grand Jct. to Lead 1, and everything east of that route to CP 3. CSX will continue to maintain the rest of the yard.Backshophoss wrote:When will CSX be totaly out of Beacon Park and when will CSX turn control over to MBTA/MBCR?The Commonwealth takes ownership of the tracks Oct. 2nd....meaning that now our engineering dept. will maintain the tracks. However, the line is still going to be dispatched by the CSX NA dispatcher in Selkirk, NY and trains still goverened by CSX's operating rules....the time frame for a total NORAC/Dispatching take over is anywhere from 6 months-2 years away
MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:It most likely wont happen till the Fall/Winter job picks go into effect in Nov. that's when the cond.'s and engr.'s new jobs change also on a side note, CP 29 and CP 30 are going to be put into service at the end of October, look for this to happen OCT 20-23 but remember, always subject to change
MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:That far off? I thought Amtrak's dispatch of everything east of Beacon Park was a prelude to the MBTA taking control of the rest of the line by the end of the year.Backshophoss wrote:When will CSX be totaly out of Beacon Park and when will CSX turn control over to MBTA/MBCR?The Commonwealth takes ownership of the tracks Oct. 2nd....meaning that now our engineering dept. will maintain the tracks. However, the line is still going to be dispatched by the CSX NA dispatcher in Selkirk, NY and trains still goverened by CSX's operating rules....the time frame for a total NORAC/Dispatching take over is anywhere from 6 months-2 years away