redline43 wrote:Would you care to define Metro-North style?
ST214 wrote:Same way they do it on their lines.......A train would depart North Station for South Acton, make all local stops, then terminate in SA. A Fitchburg train would depart about 10-15 min after the SA train leaves, but only make larger stops(Porter, Waltham, maybe one of the two Concord stops), then stop at SA and make all local stops from there........West of SA could also be done by a Fitchburg shuttle, but i think a lot of riders would disappear if all of a sudden they had to start changing trains......redline43 wrote:Would you care to define Metro-North style?
Rockingham Racer wrote:ST214 wrote:Same way they do it on their lines.......A train would depart North Station for South Acton, make all local stops, then terminate in SA. A Fitchburg train would depart about 10-15 min after the SA train leaves, but only make larger stops(Porter, Waltham, maybe one of the two Concord stops), then stop at SA and make all local stops from there........West of SA could also be done by a Fitchburg shuttle, but i think a lot of riders would disappear if all of a sudden they had to start changing trains......redline43 wrote:Would you care to define Metro-North style?
In your scenario, which isn't a bad one, there'd be no need for a shuttle, since passengers getting on at a station between Boston and South Acton could transfer to the express at SA and ride further west; vice-versa for the inbound trip.
Actually, though, I believe that on the BNSF, Metra sends out trains at rush hour with the furtherst-out first stop leaving first [Rt. 59], then a first-stop Downers Grove, etc.
trainhq wrote:A couple of years ago or so, the T isssued a report on the Fitchburg line with a long list of things to be improved. Some of them included:
Consolidating Hastings, Silver Hill and (I think) Kendall Green into one stop;
Consolidating Waverly and Belmont into one stop;
New track to allow 80 mph operation;
Double track from South Acton to Ayer;
Fixing the Waltham single track grade crossing/bottleneck.
There were a number of other options discussed as well. Now, how much of this will get done is doubtful;
I'd say, just getting the new/double track would be the biggest improvement, and it wasn't all that expensive.
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