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Paywall probably involved here... https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/business/transportation/2025/06/06/mbta-hears-south-coast-rail-complaints-over-noise-unreliability/84062523007/

https://newbedfordlight.org/south-coast-residents-speak-up-about-south-coast-rail-noise/

There's a customer down towards Ciment Quebec that got reefers from time to time. "Preferred [?] ". Also the only customer left at the old NEP site unloaded cars direct to truck.

https://newbedfordlight.org/lawmakers-want-answers-on-south-coast-rail-disruptions/

South Coast Rail staffing shortages lead to canceled trains just one month after launch Chris Lisinski State House News Service April 25, 2025 The MBTA is holding Keolis accountable for staffing shortages causing cancellations on the new South Coast Rail line. The MBTA has fined Keolis over...

Not to mention the original contractor went bankrupt (?) or pulled out, thus delaying that whole interchange project for a year?

Easter weekend was kind of a trifecta for crew staffing issues, etc. On Saturday you had the Concord 250th Revolutionary modified schedule. Heard they were short nearly 10 engineers on the north side along. Couple that with Marathon events (modified Worcester line schedule), Easter weekend. A...

This ought to be an interesting weekend. We got extra service to Concord and on the Worcester Line for the Marathon given the cancelations for crew shortages the past weekend!

Two interlockings at Littleton, so there would be no problem turning trains there. D

Agreed on the last point (bold print).

There should be a shuttle bus between the ferry and the station. As far as holding trains for late ferries, that's a pandora's box of cascading delays. I remember when the T had a subway delay and wanted us to hold an outbound commuter train at Porter Square, North Station or Malden for 5...

Unfortunately they are getting raked over the coals down here over these delays. The seeds of doubt in reliable service are being sown. "Crew shortages" are a legit part of the service issues. It was just starting to be when I retired back in 2018. I thought about calling in to one of the talk...

I rode 2026 from New Bedford to Middleboro, back to East Taunton on 1917, then to New Bedford on 2028. All in all, it was a pretty good experience. Looked like 25-35 cars in each of the two New Bedford parking lots. Probably the same or a little more at East Taunton. Cross platform from 1917 to...

I think what gets me the most of this article is this line: Counselors were available at school the next day to check for any physical or emotional impacts of students who were involved, Higgins said.

Not sure. Some sort of NERPA conference.