Probably not because I bet there is some code that says they need to be kept clear except in extenuating circumstances. It's one thing to put emergency service through them but to put regularly scheduled service through them would be different.ags wrote:It was my understanding that there are dedicated emergency service lanes in the new CA/T tunnels. I think this because MBTA buses were using them during the DNC in 2004. Couldn't a silver line N-S link use them (if they do exist)?
ceo wrote:There is already a transit link connecting the two halves of the rail system, it's called the Orange Line.
ags wrote:I'm sure it probably sacrilegious to mention something like this on a trainspotting forum, but at what points are trains expected to become obsolete? 50 years? 100 years? How long would it actually take to build/modify the tremendous infrastructure to permit thru-rail service? Would there really be any seen benefit to this investment?
ags wrote:I'm sure it probably sacrilegious to mention something like this on a trainspotting forum, but at what points are trains expected to become obsolete?
CRail wrote:And even if there was through service they wouldn't send Amtrak to Maine from the corridor because there's a lack of locomotive fuel for AEM7's and Acela trains. They could have the Downeaster go to South Station I suppose.
orange1234 wrote:CRail wrote:And even if there was through service they wouldn't send Amtrak to Maine from the corridor because there's a lack of locomotive fuel for AEM7's and Acela trains. They could have the Downeaster go to South Station I suppose.
Why would the AEM7s and the Acela Express trainsets need fuel? Don't they get their power from overhead catenary?
Building catenary up to Portland would be a trivial expense after building the N-S Rail Link.
CRail wrote:ceo wrote:There is already a transit link connecting the two halves of the rail system, it's called the Orange Line.
How about if you're a passenger who wants to go from oh say Weymouth to Maine, I'm pretty sure the orange line isn't going to help you there!
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