A very small detail, but I'm curious how they'll deal with one of my favorite oddities on the system: the Radford Lane entrance to Ashmont station, with its single faregate. I think it's the only single-faregate entrance on the entire system. (Was there an entrance from Radford Lane before the circa-2010 renovation?)
Yup, and it may win for closest fare gates to the yellow line. On days where you couldn't step right onto the train after going through the gate, it could get uncomfortable waiting for trains on that "platform" with the crowds and the negligible room to walk past anyone standing (or the likelihood that people will just stand directly in front of the gates).Lechmere had several on the inbound side, and of course none on the outbound side.
Swipe your Charlie Card and the next train automatically gets canceled for service cuts!
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So...are we shoving more money at Cubic for the privilege of somebody else temp refurbbing not-their faregates?"The official said the 15-year-old fare gates in subway stations were originally going to be replaced, but now will be refurbished instead."
Every time I hear about this project it's gotten worse...
5 Investigates: MBTA's new fare collection contract years late, millions over budget
The project is supposed to give riders more ways to pay to get on all modes of MBTA transportation, but costs are skyrocketing and schedule delayed.
Scheidt+Bachman appears to be finding their way to continue to do work in MA (only).