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One Billion Dollars gets you 21 miles of double catenary? Reasonable? On what world?

Probably won't be CRRC

I assume that would be part of NSRL

I still argue that OL split above Sullivan and running on the CR ROW is the way to go, along with moving RR onto the old ROW through Eastie to a cross harbor tunnel is the way to go, along with GL to Sullivan from West Station. No tunnels, decent density, cheap comparatively... And I know it may...

Doesn't Rochester have significant diesel maintenance capacity?

The line presently had a six minute frequency at best. Three minute trunk frequency would mean that Malden would get the same frequency it gets now. And, as much of the Everett ridership would be coming from Sullivan and Wellington, there should be significant overcapacity on the line as well...

If you up the frequency to three minutes on the trunk, you could split it at Sullivan and still handle Malden and North. Don't forget that a healthy chunk of Malden comes from Everett busses, much of which would go to Sweeter is offered the chance

A five Kcar consist can hold 940 seated passengers.peak 15 minute service means nearly 4000 pph. That's just Framingham local service. Add 30 minute Worcester semi express full length set and you're looking at another 3600pph.

A. There is no reason to have TWO express tracks. The only train which should not be stopping is an hourly(max build) Springfield train. B. How many trainsets will they need for service? Bi-hourly service would require three trainsets with two in motion. So 4, with a backup, two overnights...

So, a five car Amtrak West East consist would be able to fit in the Front Yard. Mm And I have not seen anything longer on the Southside than seven cars, which would be 690ft, and most are six or five.

About 6M per mile

Yes

Regional Rail

Also, EMU service with full highs could reduce travel time to induce more commuters to move southward

And how many drawbridges are there on NEC? And not all the 35 bridges are centered and undercut. Many of the Springfield area bridges are higher. I have the data somewhere, but would need to find it

It might technically be Charlton there. The track and like are 500ft apart. Just west of Rochdale.

Spencer where the track drops to just above the pike and somewhere in the western part of Worcester

The bad planning is provision for 50+ layover spaces.

I would expect 3-4 stops between Springfield and Worcester at the most, so EMU acceleration wouldn't make as much difference, really just " curve recovery".

And yet every day, numerous electric trains "coast" across several drawbridges without electrification.