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It's called
The 57 bus. But I can't wait to see people sadly waiting on the platform looking around for a train (ahem, trolley) that'll never come.
Actually, the 57 is the old A
Actually, the 57 is the old A branch of the green line.
Yes, I know
I just think it's funny that they're replacing trolley service with bus service, even though a bus line already runs down that part of Comm.
The B Line replacement bus is
The B Line replacement bus is Route 58, Kenmore/Blandford - Lake Street. The T ran it as a "rush hour supplement" (in other words, there weren't enough PCCs on hand to run the full Green Line timetable) off and on in the 1970s. The short-term (we hope) shuttles like this one also have official route numbers, but I can't recall this one off the top of my head.
Needless to say, I'll be out there bright and early to get some photos of the cars taking the Naples Road Crossover.
The 58 Bus
An old sign before that stretch of Comm Ave was redone a few years ago
Orders from the Reservoir Starter's Desk
Looks like the automile will be a mess this weekend with work on the Cottage Farm bridge and a doubleheader at Braves Field.
The Reservoir Desk recommends the following service adjustments:
30 CE cars from the Upper Yard will be stored on Brighton Ave between Union Square and Harvard Ave. Service trips will run the diversion onto Cambridge Street and Harvard Ave per the 1948 World Series.
Extra Watertown-Park and Lake Street-Canal Street trips will supplement the line. Some of these trips can be stored at Blandford and sent back to Watertown or Lake Street as needed.
Once Dana signs off on it, we're golden.
Finally
I spotted some workers on the pike bridge scouting it out. I hope they plan to repair it, there are parts where you can see through and its clearly crumbling. Looks like they put a slow order on trains going over it, too.
3 mph
3 mph, with a radar screen on either end for the operators to really lock in that horse-drawn feeling. Imagine how bad this track could have been if we'd had a winter!
it's really stupid
Watching these trains crawl over the pike, it is clearly absurd. The radar screens don't even register the trains. And they were using the track at full speed yesterday - it must be ok for now. If the track is really unsafe they should be bustituting right now. 3mph is a joke.
If the DPU came through and
If the DPU came through and found things they didn't like, it stays at 3 MPH until the repairs are made.
Again, if it's unsafe
Why aren't they bustituting right now?
At 3 MPH you can walk a rail
At 3 MPH you can walk a rail car through crappy track safely. If in theory they didn't do any repairs and the DPU came through again and found conditions had deteriorated, then the next step would be to suspend service. But usually over the last 100 years or so, when a severe speed restriction is slapped on bad track, all involved take it as a cue that minimal repairs at the least have to be undertaken to keep service going.
Bad track
Every time I see crumbling concrete like this out the window I wonder what's going on. It's worse further up. I'm not sure what you mean by just "bad track" but I was presuming that the problem went beyond the rails themselves. Are they going to repair the concrete structure the track is embedded in or is it something more minor? I got the feeling that the threat here is potentially worse than simply derailment, but I could be wrong.
Deck reconstruction looks like it was scheduled for early next year:
http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?AC...
Because the city needs to move
There just aren't enough buses or operators to cover the 22 BC trips during the rush.
part of the Accelerated bridge Program
They're supposed to replace the part over the pike (technically a bridge) as part of the accelerated bridge program I believe.
The irony of this is this may
The irony of this is this may actually be faster than if the B line was running...
They've been doing work on
They've been doing work on the Green Line for months now. I think they're digging up the old wooden ties and replacing them with cement ones in some places, replacing the rails, and converting the asphalt pedestrian crossings to those plastic things like at Park Street. I'm not sure what all of the work is, but that's what I've observed.