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You are correct about MainSt, but an LRT system could be grade separated at Broadway and Binney

Wht would you necessarily need new elevators and escalators? If much/most traffic is transferring to RL, there might not be that many more people using them to exceed present capacity

The portal was filled in, but should be relatively easy to dig out, and the street is sloping down as the track would be going up, the impact should be much less than cut and cover. The platforms would be at the same height and access would be by existing RL infrastructure

I still like Ari's idea of a viaduct out of the exstant portal even if it means turning every other train at Bowdoin due to a single tail track. 250M tops and a lot less disruptive

This will add at least 250M to the project

Switch?

Does anyone have access to any diagram of Amtrak's planned Southampton Yard upgrades?

Probably twice that.

I think that high speed light rail is the future on that line. Getting affordable heavy rail out past Arlington heights will be rough

All MassDOT studies are preordained.

You mean the one tph?

The T is only planning for 5tph, including Amtrak. Transitmatters calls for 4tph peak and 2tph off from Worcester and an additional 4tph from Framingham. Three possible stop patterns. 8-9tph is not that busy. 9 tph is about 7 minutes per.

RR Expresses should be stopping at Allston anyway. One of the major points of the stop is to detangle downtown by diverting pax to Harvard and Kendall.

Express tracks are unnecessary for what, one possibly, two tph?Amtrak trains blast through numerous stations on the NEC every day. West station should be no different. Especially when politicians get their heads out of their posteriors and realize that LRT is the only solution for GJ

NSRL means only replacing/referring one draw, not the three planned. A much cheaper option

They will have no value in an electrified world.

The T is telling Central and Western MA politicians that W/E can't happen without SSX. This year.

And 600M is a lot for redundancy

While I agree that that SSX is not necessary, RR expects that trains are MOVING, not sitting at Widett. But that doesn't mean that the T won't keep pushing ahead. Look at the new contract for Kcars. The T will keep wasting money on diesel, and then whine that they don't have the money to...

Also, W/E is nearly all funded. Another 50M to decrease single track sections should do the job(except of course, electrification)