by craven
Any updates on ridership, equipment performance and/or on time deliveries??
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Rockingham Racer wrote:They need a second Friday down and Sunday back schedule to give people more flexibility.What is really needed here is multiple daily service between Boston and Hyannis, lets say 5 or 6 trains each way a day on a schedule of not over 2 hours end to end,f track and signal upgrades to allow for this to happen. If and when it ever does happen then you'll see the crowds heading for South Station. One or two daily through trains to and from New York would help a lot here as well.
smsullivan11 wrote:but why are they not trying a second trainCrew and equipment availability would be my guess. The system is already at its breaking point when the Cape Flyer and Patriots' Train are running concurrently. Even when rebuilt engines start coming back home, politicians will be cracking the whip for regular Foxboro service next year.
atlantis wrote:I agree! I haves said this before but in my humble opinion, the state should seriously consider rebuilding the Falmouth Line back to the abandoned investment at Falmouth station.That would be great of course, but why stop there? The original Old Colony/New Haven line ran three miles farther to the Woods Hole dock and an across-the-street connection with the island ferries. Unfortunately, the line south of Falmouth was torn up by Penn Central in 1969, five years after the end of seasonal passenger service, and I assume that any attempt at reclaiming the right-of-way from the trail people now would be like kicking a hornet's nest.