nbcoram
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North Station to Government Center is still slow, with only a brief 15 mi/h zone before the 6 you reference; I think Haymarket to Govy is 6 the entire way right now; Govy to Park has just been raised to 20; there are one or two 25's between Boylston and Copley; the switch at Arlington we can do 10 over. I haven't driven out on Huntington Ave since training because of the diversions, but I have Medford work tomorrow so I'll report back on what I see if I end up being the driver for a trip.Regarding lifting slow zones on the Green Line central subway tunnel post-monthlong shutdown:
I had a chance to ride the Green Line between North Station and Longwood Medical Area westbound, and eastbound back to Haymarket.
The slow zones between North Station and Gov't Ctr are towards Haymarket. I saw an S6 sign before curving into Haymarket, and then I saw 2 "RESUME SPEED" signs in quick sucession past Haymarket. The second "RESUME SPEED" sign appeared to be shortly before the merge from the Gov't Ctr loop. So it seems the 5 MPH WB speed restriction between Haymarket and Government Center doesn't affect Boylston St. streetcars looping to return to Park St.
The trip from North Station to Longwood Medica Area was extremely slow. The streetcar left North Station at 13:47 (1:47 p.m.), and did not get into Longwood Medical Area until 14:18 (2:18 p.m.), a 31 minute trip that used to take 20 - 22 minutes back in May 2018.
Much of the central subway tunnel still seems to be capped at 15 MPH (25kmh) from Government Center to Symphony. There may have been some S25 (40kmh) speed limit signs somewhere near Gov't Ctr, or Arlington, but I couldn't see them or tell them apart from the S15 signs in the dimly lit dark tunnel. On curves and switches in the tunnel between Government Center and Symphony, they are limited to 6 MPH (9.6 kmh) with the speed limit signs stating as such.
At Northeastern there is a 10 MPH (16 kmh) limit at the switches, then after that it is S25 with no additional speed limit signs before Longwood Medical Area.
Heading eastbound there was too much rush hour crowding so I could not observe any speed limit signs, the trip was much faster and I got to Haymarket from Longwood Medical Area in about 23 minutes (historically around 18 minutes in May 2018).
Some of the signage in the tunnel leaves a lot to be desired.
Your inconsistent experience is consistent with how things work over here on the Green Line. I wonder if you got one of my classmates as your driver or if there was just a lot of congestion or some other problem.