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alewife replied to the thread General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT).A 2-car train of Type 10s at 225' long won't fit on either the inner or outer loops at Heath Street. This presentation from 2018 gives... -
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We love the T moving the goalposts. A good amount of the Orange and Red Lines once ran at 55 mi/h (as per RFP docs from the fleet... -
I see - I missed two important details of their routing, which I will spell out even more explicitly for others who may have also been...
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alewife replied to the thread MBTA Buses & Infrastructure.The transfer between the new 86 and 109 seems relatively convenient to me—northbound/eastbound, both routes will use the Harvard busway...
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Time for Brookie to eat her words a bit. Taking a cursory look at pantograph, it looks like 20 of the Type 9's have been out at some...
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The 9's are definitely a lot more popular among riders than ops employees. I like driving them, but the 9's force you to be more careful...
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alewife replied to the thread Fairmount Line Upgrade.Stringing wires on the Fairmount Line should be a no-brainer—it connects to the electrified NEC on both ends and won't need any...
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Also worth noting from the press release
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Predictably, it was a Type 8 (#3819) that derailed. Looked like it derailed right on the switch just east of Kenmore on the westbound...
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I think it's also likely that regular surveys should expect to find defects. The difference lies in whether those are addressed through...
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alewife replied to the thread General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT).By their very nature, the tracks are constantly deteriorating. Keeping them in good order is a constant, Sisyphean task. In my opinion...
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My Green Line Reconfiguration map (ArchBoston version here) won the BPL Leventhal Map Center's Judge's Choice award for the...
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alewife replied to the thread New Red and Orange Line Cars.The roster page got updated yesterday with some new information. On the Orange Line, 2 more cars (1502/1503) were accepted for service...
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alewife replied to the thread MBTA Buses & Infrastructure.It’s not so much a sign of AFC 2.0 as the last component of AFC 1.5. I believe the “Change Tickets” issued by fare boxes are the last...
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alewife replied to the thread MBTA Buses & Infrastructure.The BNRD changes the 455’s route between Wonderland and Lynn to match the 442’s through Point of Pines. That’s the portion getting the...
