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OK, I can assume you have the inside scoop. But I had a train flip from OG to NG on Jan 7 with no change in schedule (notice only a couple of days before) -- so that does not seem to indicate a dedicated OG slot.

Oh this is going to help: Eurostar known for its sudden, significant fare hikes and cycles of financial troubles, with recent issues including major pandemic losses requiring a £290M bailout (2021), intense scrutiny over high prices and poor service amidst record profits (late 2024/2025), and...

The Acela trains will eventually be about 10 minutes faster on the Boston/NYC run. But that cannot happen until all the new trainsets are received and in service. Then the slotting will be adjusted to accommodate the small increase in speed. The slotting adjustments cannot be made until all...

I don't think you can find "shell only" pricing subtotalled in US construction. The fit and finish practices are too intertwined with the rest of the construction. The shell only construction is just too different than the US approach. In US construction, you are not going to find an HVAC...

Of course if you do the density with 5-6 story buildings with courtyards, and dense streets you get 50,000/sq. mile, like Paris.

Certainly possible. but probably not financially practical. Creating a viaduct structure along the Encore frontage is going to be a much more expensive construction project than a surface station. (Certainly outside the budget Encore has offered.) Encore probably does not want the extra...

My experience with residential construction in East Asia suggests it is hard to make price comparisons. Common practice in many locations is to deliver new apartments as basically concrete shells, without interior finishes (often not even fixtures). So the apartment "price" is not comparable...

Differences I noted: Shorter cars, more cars per train set. One entry door per car (not 2). More luggage racks at entry. Overhead racks versus closed airline style bins. Racks seemed smaller than the older bins (encouragement to use the luggage racks and not clog the aisles with big luggage)...

They cannot build the CR stop by the casino, because the track grade is too steep coming off of the Mystic River Bridge. The platform grade would violate ADA requirements. The CR stop is going to need to be up by Sweetser Circle, for which Wynn is not going to want to pay.

I sat at a table seat on the new Acela on Wednesday. It felt like the access and spacing (seat to table leg) was tighter than the old cars. Table design, though, is better (split folding sections, separate for each seat).

Any station need to be much further beyond the Mystic River bridge to meet regulatory requirements. The bridge approach is about 3% grade, and you need to get down to 2% nominally for an ADA compliant CR platform. More likely siting is near Sweeter Circle, or perhaps around the MBTA Everett...

Exited an Acela at about 4:30 today at South Station, with eTix up on my phone ready. All gates on my platform were open. There was a Commuter Rail boarding at the next berth as we exited, and given the cross traffic crush at the limited gates, it was nice to see them open.

I may be wrong, but I don't believe the construction underway is the hotel. It is the Holocaust Museum, which replaces the faux colonial red brick building in your renderings (at the corner of Hamilton Place and Tremont).

The problem with all the sites along the river is they are all superfund sites. That is the big barrier to redevelopment. These are not clean waterfront development sites. Most commercial uses don't have big enough returns to pay for the environmental remediation. Only a few uses (like a...

True, but the buildings on the site are currently red brick (old parts of Mystic Station and the Mystic Pumping Station). That industrial red brick look has a significant history on the site. (Others have proposed trying to save part of the Mystic Station red brick facade). Not suggesting...

Overpaying is a relative term. Speed and timeliness is one of the things you pay more for in construction (and most projects). A low competitive bid that takes 3 years to complete is inherently worth less to the T ( and the State and taxpayers) than a higher bid that can be completed in time...

All US offshore wind farms go through site vetting by DoD as part of the site approval process. There is a formal DoD Site Clearinghouse of vetted locations that are cleared for wind development based on minimal risks to aviation, radar and sonar coverage. Every location being put on hold has...

I wonder if the MBTA categorizes this as "preventative" maintenance.

I still get the feeling it was assembled from Lägenhet och Balkong modules from IKEA.

Good example of the design life of a cast in place concrete tower is the Eastgate Tower formerly in Kendall Square. Eastgate was even younger than the Logan Control Tower (circa 1966), but the evaluation of the retrofit and upgrade costs versus replacement led to its demolition and replacement...