RRCOMM wrote:Off topic but extending the Plymouth line would guarantee busy weekend traffic . Plymouth center would be ideal and I'm sure the business people in Plymouth would appreciate the cash from daytrippers. NIMBY oposition would be enough to need the National Guard to complete the project. If you have money, the T usually rolls over, remember the $80 milion dollar tunnel that was built in Hingham to preserve what fellow railroaders call:
"The Hingham Historic Dumpster District".
RRCOMM wrote:Off topic but extending the Plymouth line would guarantee busy weekend traffic . Plymouth center would be ideal and I'm sure the business people in Plymouth would appreciate the cash from daytrippers. NIMBY oposition would be enough to need the National Guard to complete the project. If you have money, the T usually rolls over, remember the $80 milion dollar tunnel that was built in Hingham to preserve what fellow railroaders call:
"The Hingham Historic Dumpster District".
MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:RRCOMM wrote:Off topic but extending the Plymouth line would guarantee busy weekend traffic . Plymouth center would be ideal and I'm sure the business people in Plymouth would appreciate the cash from daytrippers. NIMBY oposition would be enough to need the National Guard to complete the project. If you have money, the T usually rolls over, remember the $80 milion dollar tunnel that was built in Hingham to preserve what fellow railroaders call:
"The Hingham Historic Dumpster District".
Plymouth is not in the running for having weekend service as of now IIRC....there is no foot traffic currently during the week as it is, so I see why there is no interest for weekend service
No foot traffic? Where does that come from, the place is packed during the summer , all seven days , and nights!
jwhite07 wrote:No foot traffic? Where does that come from, the place is packed during the summer , all seven days , and nights!
Cordage Park, home of abandoned factories, the only Wal-Mart I can recall offhand being shuttered, and Plymouth's train station, isn't exactly bustling downtown Plymouth. It's a two mile, 45 minute walk to where people want to go.
dowlingm wrote:What is currently on the track alignment southeast from Plymouth Station? The nearby roads don't seem to have StreetView so it's hard to get a clear sense of it purely from overhead.
Teamdriver wrote:dowlingm wrote:What is currently on the track alignment southeast from Plymouth Station? The nearby roads don't seem to have StreetView so it's hard to get a clear sense of it purely from overhead.
The right of way extends to almost the Raddison Hotel on Water street.It is overgrown with brush and some old rail is still in the ground. Along this Water street, empty undeveloped for sale lots are on one side of the path. The original Old Colony RR station was a tad south of this spot at rte 44 . The current Plymouth commuter rail station is located , as stated above , at Cordage Park , behind an abandoned walmart. It would have been more better to have extended it the 1 mile plus south to somewhere on Water street when it was re-activated , thus serving off peak utility to feed the waterfront and historic Plymouth Rock ect. ect. attractions.As it is now , it is wasting potential. It would be a gold mine for off peak ridership numbers if extended, connecting South a Station , and the Amtrak nation, to the most famous land of the Pilgrim.And, as an added feature ,the Plymouth Waterfront got a major upgrade, new roads , sidewalks , lighting , rotary , and even an inlaid granite compass. It's beautiful, and very busy with tourists. The rail has to be extended, it's just wasted talent if not !
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