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CRail wrote:Logistical note regarding Riverside trains: Trips terminating at Park Street will continue to loop at Government Center in order to enter the correct berth at Park Street.They've flip-flopped the berths at Park Street westbound in the past to accomodate lines terminating there, particularly the Beacon Street service in the early 1980's.
MassDOT wrote: 02/14/2014
MBTA Government Center Station Closes March 22
The MBTA Government Center Station will be closed beginning on Saturday, March 22, 2014, for two years while crews upgrade the station into a fully accessible, safer, modern, more comfortable facility. The station will reopen in spring 2016.
The Government Center Station Improvements Project will combine improvements to the Green Line Station, Blue Line Station, and Cambridge Street/Government Center Plaza that will bring the station into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Green and Blue Line Station improvements will include a new head house structure as the primary entrance, raised platforms to provide accessible boarding of the Green Line trains, new elevators from the street to the Green Line level as well as from the Green Line level to the Blue Line level, new escalators, expanded fare collection area, and other mechanical, security, lighting and interior improvements. The project will also include reconstruction of Cambridge Street and a portion of City Hall Plaza in the vicinity of the Station to provide accessible paths of travel to the station.
During the station closure beginning on March 22, both Blue and Green Line trains will pass through Government Center Station but will not stop there. If your trip usually included Government Center Station, please allow an additional ten to fifteen minutes for your travel.
The recommended path of travel for Green Line customers desiring access to the Blue Line is to travel to Haymarket Station and transfer to the Orange Line toward Forest Hills (southbound). Customers should transfer to the Orange Line at State Street Station for Blue Line connections. The recommended path of travel for Blue Line customers desiring access to the Green Line is to travel to State Street and transfer to the Orange Line toward Oak Grove (northbound). Customers should then transfer at Haymarket Station for Green Line connections.
To learn more about the project including walking directions to other stations and follow the project during construction, please visit the project website: http://www.mbta.com/govcenter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
deathtopumpkins wrote:The left hand inbound track at Park St can only access the B and E berths on the outbound side then, correct? Wasn't there supposed to be some work to change that?You're thinking of the plan to connect Track 3 to Track 4 immediately east of the station so cars to Government Center and beyond can use either track at Park St.
CRail wrote:Logistical note regarding Riverside trains: Trips terminating at Park Street will continue to loop at Government Center in order to enter the correct berth at Park Street.Is there some other reason (capacity of the Park St loop?) to do this? Otherwise, it seems a bit ridiculous to send those trains all the way to GC just to avoid changing some signs during a two-year period.
MBTA3247 wrote:The plan was to connect the outer track to an outer loop. There was a double loop here previously. I do not believe the inner loop track ever went beyond Park St. The outer loop would become really handy now. I feel swapping the berths and putting both the B and D on the inner rail would cause a massive back up in the Central Subway.deathtopumpkins wrote:The left hand inbound track at Park St can only access the B and E berths on the outbound side then, correct? Wasn't there supposed to be some work to change that?You're thinking of the plan to connect Track 3 to Track 4 immediately east of the station so cars to Government Center and beyond can use either track at Park St.
CRail wrote:Logistical note regarding Riverside trains: Trips terminating at Park Street will continue to loop at Government Center in order to enter the correct berth at Park Street.Within the past year, I have seen E trains on track 1 so that the E train could pass a B train holding on track 2. I have also seen D trains occasionally loop at Park Street. So swapping tracks at Park (westbound) is not unheard of.
