Reasonable Transit Pitches

[TheRatmeister]

Is it worth it (or even possible) to rebuild Wellington platform north of itself? Given that the entrance is at the northern part of the station only (except for MBTA personnel), would it make sense to have that at the Southern entrance to the station and simply rebuild the platform connecting to the Revere Beach Parkway on both sides of the bridge?

I think so? You'd need to do something about the building there, I'm not sure if it's signalling or ops or whatever, F-Line probably knows.

 

[F-Line to Dudley]

I think so? You'd need to do something about the building there, I'm not sure if it's signalling or ops or whatever, F-Line probably knows.

I much doubt the placement of the Route 16 bridge abutments would allow you to snake an egress around to the westbound sidewalk on the parkway, which was what @jbray wanted to have done here. Again...even if you outright deleted the express track it's just not enough space freed up because the clearance envelope for each track is squeezed down to the minimums here.

The building is a combo substation and signal bungalow for the massive yard complex. However, since the tracks are well on their way to squeezing down for the bridge abutments by the time you reach the building it's unlikely you'd be able to structurally get anything station-related built far enough north to impact the building in the first place.

 

[jbray]

I much doubt the placement of the Route 16 bridge abutments would allow you to snake an egress around to the westbound sidewalk on the parkway, which was what @jbray wanted to have done here. Again...even if you outright deleted the express track it's just not enough space freed up because the clearance envelope for each track is squeezed down to the minimums here.

The building is a combo substation and signal bungalow for the massive yard complex. However, since the tracks are well on their way to squeezing down for the bridge abutments by the time you reach the building it's unlikely you'd be able to structurally get anything station-related built far enough north to impact the building in the first place.

Yeah, I was thinking of something akin to Back Bay with the underpass and I certainly don't think the express track should be lost, especially at the station where trains come on and off the line. I guess my follow up is, should this ever be revisited when the bridge needs replacing? Is it worthwhile of an endeavor to move the bridge footings to accommodate such an egress to better integrate the station into the development of the area? It's arguably the worst integrated station into it's area.

 

[F-Line to Dudley]

Yeah, I was thinking of something akin to Back Bay with the underpass and I certainly don't think the express track should be lost, especially at the station where trains come on and off the line. I guess my follow up is, should this ever be revisited when the bridge needs replacing? Is it worthwhile of an endeavor to move the bridge footings to accommodate such an egress to better integrate the station into the development of the area? It's arguably the worst integrated station into it's area.

The bridge was just replaced in 2020, so they're not going to be touching anything there for another 50 years at least.