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Mini-high platform construction at Wyoming Hill station on October 22. Note that the existing platforms have been cut into - the MBTA's claim that these are freestanding platforms that do not require changes to the existing platforms (and thus skirt state law) are visibly false. The former...

The nearby Residence Inn is 6 stories, and there's a handful of 5-story buildings. But you're definitely right about this being the tallest.

It looks like all trains will be 4 digits starting with the October 26 schedules: Rockport trains are 10xx weekdays and 15xx weekends. Newburyport trains are 11xx weekdays and 16xx weekends. Beverly trains are 12xx. Haverhill trains are 20xx weekdays and 25xx weekends. Reading trains are 23xx...

Why is it misleading to number them as 75 trips? They only serve two stops off the 75 routing. It's very different from the pre-2019 situation, when route 72 ran all day and route 75 ran mostly on Fresh Pond Parkway. In other news, electric buses testing at North Cambridge today:

In many cases, someone can plan around a week-ish diversion in a way they couldn't for a substantially longer diversion. They can get extra groceries the week before, shift a date by a few days, swap around their in-office days. Those who still have to make a trip won't have quite as many people...

The variant is just a rush-hour short turn to provide additional frequency on the section that has the most ridership. The only reason it still goes on Aberdeen is because it's easier to run the reverse trips via Mount Auburn (which conveniently also provides commute service to the hospital)...

Both regular route 75 trips and the Aberdeen short turns run every 30 minutes at rush hour.

No, still testing. Scheduled to open with the winter rating.

There was also quite a bit of bad blood between Milton and the T about the station. The MBTA failed to properly maintain the staircase and closed it in 2018. After 4 years, Milton threatened to sue to get it repaired; instead, the MBTA demolished it rather than do a larger renovation. Never mind...

Any word on the Assembly headhouse extension? It's required to start construction within 3 years of the stadium opening in order to get Kraft's money, and the walking distance to the station is ~1,800 feet longer without it.

That was Metropolitan Coach, which ran that route until 1979. It was one of the last privately-operated local buses (versus express commuter/intercity runs) in the MBTA area.

There badly needs to be some consolidation or coordination of these TMAs. I didn't even know half of them existed because they don't appear on MBTA maps and they don't have GTFS (so they don't appear as options on Google Maps etc). At the very least, there needs to be a standard requirement that...

Guesses before looking at the above spoilers:

Station Park is so underutilized 99% of the time - unless there's a specific event, it's just flat grass with no one on it.

Yep. About 80% of the time it fails to load.