This is a little off the topic, but how effective are the snow-melting mechanisms on the new platforms in Wallingford, Meriden, and Berlin?
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Jenny on a M2 wrote:Right, and after someone gets left on the platform once, I doubt they'll have much of a pull to give the train a shot again.daybeers wrote:I agree with you 100%. $20 isn't much but you do expect to get some utility out of that, much of which is the ability to work/study on the train vs having to focus on driving to class each day.Jenny on a M2 wrote: That said, it sure doesn't help out the college kids with the U-Pass. And, before we heap on them with "they're getting a free ride so they can suck it and wait", I'm pretty sure there's a mandatory fee for the U-Pass in their tuition so they still ARE paying customers.Yes, I am one of those college kids. It's a $20 fee on the tuition each semester, which isn't much, but if the whole point is to get more people to use the trains, and their first experience is being left on the platform, it would be remarkable for the average person to try using the service again.
You're not getting that if you're freezing on a platform somewhere missing class you've paid for.
Jeff Smith wrote:Not off topic at all. I’m curious as well. That feature was highly touted.The platform heaters worked really well.
The horns were put into service on Monday, January 21, 2019, at the Cooper Street crossing, located between Cherry Street and South Colony Street in Meriden. In the coming weeks, wayside horns will be installed at the Pent Highway railroad crossing, located between North Plains Industrial Road and North Colony Road in Wallingford. CTDOT plans to continue the installation of wayside horns at grade crossings along the Hartford Line Rail to reduce noise.
GirlOnTheTrain wrote:Wasn't Pent Highway the original pilot for wayside horns once upon a time which annoyed the natives?I believe there were complaints on all of them. Very funny because the wayside horns play a very loud K5LA 14L sound file on loop the whole time the crossing is activated whether there's a train present or not. That must be awesome when CSO-1 is going by with a long train. What a waste.
dha10001 wrote:My understanding is that the Windsor Locks station will be built near the historic station with a connection to the Montgomery Mills redevelopment project across the canal.What became of the original plan to build the new platforms just a bit farther north—between the current platform and I-91? As I recall, there was also to be an airport shuttle bus.
gregorygrice wrote:HAHAHAHA no kidding.GirlOnTheTrain wrote:Wasn't Pent Highway the original pilot for wayside horns once upon a time which annoyed the natives?I believe there were complaints on all of them. Very funny because the wayside horns play a very loud K5LA 14L sound file on loop the whole time the crossing is activated whether there's a train present or not. That must be awesome when CSO-1 is going by with a long train. What a waste.