Search results

Aloisi makes a mistake is his evaluation of the last train from Heath St. and its impact on the connecting trains at Park St. The Lechmere train that waits at Park St. is indeed the 12:47 trip from Heath, but on weekdays the 12:47 trip is the third from last train from Heath not the last as he...

I think this study has already been linked to in some past discussion, but here it is again just in case it hasn't: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/60148791-0d78-4fe7-8a63-454bdf2f03f0

When Stoneham asked the MBTA to stop service it had three MBTA routes, the 100A running from Reading to Sullivan via the Fellsway, the 132 running from Wakefield to Arlington Center, and the 133 from Woburn to Everett Station. The 132 had weak ridership except for students going to Arlington...

When the trestle to North Station burned in January 1984, an emergency station was built at Sullivan Sq. and it was the terminal of the Eastern Route until April 1985. They built a low level platform with stairs down to it along the Orange Line test track right-of-way. Because they were running...

The Urban Ring study didn't think that was an issue as it stated: "Major elements of the new Sullivan Square commuter rail station include: 0 Extend the Haverhill Line southward through Sullivan Square along a portion of the Orange Line test track alignment; 0 Provide high-level center platform...

Yes, its a complicated history that goes back to the days of the street railways. Dedham was never directly served by the Boston Elevated Railway, and consequently was not one of the original 14 cities and towns in the MTA district. Until the MBTA, its local service was provided by private...

The 2008 Urban Ring draft EIR thought Sullivan Sq. would be a good spot for a new commuter rail station...

The 1966 PMT changed the master plan to include Orange Line to Needham https://archive.org/stream/comprehensivedev00mass#page/n75/mode/2up/search/needham The 1969 PMT continued with plans for Orange Line to Needham https://archive.org/stream/revisedprogramfo00mass#page/7/mode/2up The 1978 PMT...

Although the temporary tracks are on top of the new permanent substructure that will support part of the roadway in the final configuration.

Correct, floor height difference that could be accommodated by suspension mods. but more importantly, length would not allow Orange to run on Blue unless you went with an articulated design (which is a whole other can of worms). And its not just Bowdoin that triggers length, its the curve at...

Blue and Orange have the same width at floor level (8' 3 1/2), the same width at the door thresholds (8'7") and the same max width above the floor (9' 3"). The old #1, 2, and 3 Blue Line cars had straight sides and were only 8' 7" at the max width while the now retired #4 Blue Line cars from...

Re: T construction news They have a project to install direct elevators from the southbound Orange Line to the north and southbound Red Line platforms. http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/awarded_contracts/?cnumber=A90CN06

The door width for the Red/Orange cars will be 64 inches (32 inches per door leaf). That width allows a wheelchair to board even if one of the door leafs fails to open.

The Singapore cars were built by CSR. CNR and CSR both bid on the MBTA order. CNR won the order, CSR was disqualified for not meeting the specification. CNR and CSR have since been merged to form CRRC. It remains the CNR plant in China that will be building the shells for the MBTA order.

The MassDOT/MBTA CIP includes $150 million for coach procurement. http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/0/docs/infoCenter/docs_materials/DraftCIP2017to2021_041116.pdf That is enough money to buy 60-75 cars depending on the final price per car. The document presented to the Control Board was a...

No, there was one bid being put together before the RFP was pulled: http://www.bulletinnewspapers.com/23469/173758/a/high-frequency-rail-at-risk-for-fairmount-line "Holmes said the reasoning behind the assessment was the fact that Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack said...

The PA3s as well as the PA1s and PA2s are all gone except for PA3 745 which is at the Shore Line Trolley Museum and PA1 143 which is at the Trolley Museum of New York in Kingston. It is the PA4 fleet (cars 800-894), built by Kawasaki in 1986-87 that PATH has retained for work service. The PATH...

There are no plans to maintain any of the cars as work trains once they are retired. The MBTA briefly did that with a four-car set of the #4 Blue Line cars in 2009, but removed the cars from work train service after less than a year. Unlike old equipment from the pre-WWII era that could be kept...

From the time #12 Main Line 01200-01319 cars went into service in 1979-81, until the Orange Line moved from the Washington St. El to the Southwest Corridor in 1987, the peak requirement for the Orange Line was only 76 cars, operated as 19 four-car trains on a 4 minute headway. After the...

I believe GE was one of the largest creditors owed money when the BRB&L shut down (the 1928 electrification of the line was done by GE), so they may have taken the land as part of the settlement with the trustees. GE also stored some of the electrical equipment stripped from BRB&L cars on...