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No, there was no "requirement". There is no "requirement" the Boston use New Flyers. Yet I can't recall the last time I rode anything else

Stadler wasn't offering FLIRTs because the T has made it clear that they are still in Bilevelland. Ask for flats and you will get flats. And the premium for top performance is not that significant

TM profiles based on Stadler FLIRT. I'm unclear as to why the T could not buy them

Worcester Airport is about 3.5 miles from a potential station site, and most of the route is an underutilized 4 lane 45mph boulevard

TMs numbers presume EMU service, not conventional push-pull

Of course, if timed properly, Hartford Line could transplatform transfer onto those eight LSL lites

Significantly larger than Hartford, Providence or Springfield

The tower of the old station lasted until 290 was built, and the postcard towers seem short. There were two bus stations on Madison, one for Trailways and one for Greyhound

Sorry, Newtonville

Why the either/or nature? Moving Auburndale west to Rec Rd with a P&R capacity allows both. Shifting W Newton a bit west and Auburndale east would increase the utility of the system without significant increased cost over rebuilding where they stand.

How would a rider to Newton have a different experience on a short turn rather than a Framingham run?

Do you have any idea of how many 2 track lines regularly support 20+ tph?

How do any of these shorten travel time?

Freight largely goes to Readville and no further.

Let's see if this "reset" of relationships has an impact locally. Perhaps it already happened

So, the big question on Nubian GL service is the eventual ridership of maxed out Fairmount and how much of the bus ridership from BHA, Morton etc is diverted to Jackson/Ruggles by BRTish service. Much of that ridership might go east to ride Fairmount as well. Nubians function as a mode junction...

That would involve no more than 3 stop patterns

I have seen research suggesting 10 tph WITH the third track in Wellesley

And those ridership figures do NOT presuppose RR

You are really quoting 30+ yr old figures? Really?