D line v commuter rail

The EGE wrote:The Orange Line gets extended to West Roxbury.

I would seem to prefer extended down Washington Street to the city limits or Needham.

Where's Cook's Junction?

R36 Combine Coach wrote:

The EGE wrote:The Orange Line gets extended to West Roxbury.

I would seem to prefer extended down Washington Street to the city limits or Needham.

Extending it via the current Needham Line ROW would be far cheaper and easier (existing railroad right-of-way complete with station locations) than building it under Washington St (several miles of new subway), and looks to me like it would for the most part far better serve the development patterns. I'd end it at a big park-and-ride station by VFW Pkwy, and give the existing Needham stops to a branch of the D line. N line anyone?

WatertownCarBarn wrote:Where's Cook's Junction?

If I understand it correctly, that would be here: http://goo.gl/maps/ZsUkv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Or how about "E" line to Needham Junction (Arborway line becomes F, potential F branch is now G), and the Needham line is extended to Millis (or even Medway somehow) with DMUs?

Mcoov wrote:Or how about "E" line to Needham Junction (Arborway line becomes F, potential F branch is now G), and the Needham line is extended to Millis (or even Medway somehow) with DMUs?

I think ideally we'd like to not have to rename any existing service, though that would be the only way to keep the branches in order.

WatertownCarBarn wrote:Where's Cook's Junction?

Between Newton Highlands and Eliot stations, around the curve area.