roy_mustang76
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Folks, I am referring to the news about MBTA looking at eelctric trains to run express service on the Providence line. I am thinking an Acela running Providence-128-Boston back and forth 2-3 times a day.
So you're saying only half of F-Line's objections apply to the idea, as opposed to all of them. The configuration would be nice as a traveler, but it doesn't make any sense to maintain a small, issue-riddled unicorn fleet just for 3x daily express service between Boston and Providence... especially when the whole benefit to the Acela sets (speed) is wasted on the short distance. Acela sets only beat Regionals over BOS-BBY-PVD by about 5 minutes, so clearly even with the express service there's little benefit to running those particular sets.
You could extend the life of the sets, much the way you could extend the life of a 20-year old car by only driving it a few miles each day, but why would you want to take the 20-year old car that only has a few years left instead of just taking the new car you know you will need to buy soon anyway and keeping that for 25 years?