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Trains running again to BC, Braintree


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Hallelujah! I can't even remember the last timeI had a regular commute to Quincy Center fingers crossed that it goes smooth

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Brought stuff to work from home tmrw, but I'd much rather go in. I too hope i can make it down to QC...and back home...

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I wouldn't get your hopes up. Service is restored, but running only every 16 minutes according to the MBTA, which means more like 30 in reality.

The fleet is still stretched so thin that restoring service has reduced headways even more, and I doubt it'll be noticeably better tomorrow, so prepare for crowded trains.

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Every 16 minutes is actually how frequently it is supposed to run on a regular Sunday. So no change there.

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According to the posted Sunday schedule, trains are supposed to run at least every 10 minutes on the Boston College branch.

Whether that actually happens, well. We know about that...

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Braintree line is scheduled to run every 16 minutes on Sunday schedule

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But for the Braintree branch (and ashmont as well), 16 minutes on Sunday is in fact correct.

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Yes, but if you think they'll be running significantly more frequently Monday, well then I've got a bridge to sell you.

EDIT: And I stand corrected! Apparently they'll be running every 9 minutes tomorrow!

Not quite normal, but still pretty damn good!

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9 minutes on each branch is the regular peak schedule, every 4.5 in the trunk. They also usually run a couple of additional Braintree trains during the busiest part of the peak. If anything gets cut because of equipment shortages, it will be the extra Braintree trains.

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They are giving us information of what services are running and how frequent each service is which is very helpful. But I wish they gave us the train car count for each lines to know how many cars are available and how many cars are out of service. It would be nice to know as to why the frequency of service was very lengthy during and after all these winter snowstorms.

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I'm wondering what the state of the CR will be in the morning seeing as how many cancelations there were last week even with the modified schedule.

One my pro-Union friends commented that for those who feel that the unions are a big part of the MBTA's problems they should question why the privately run CR is doing worst then the rest of the system recovery-wise.

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One my pro-Union friends commented that for those who feel that the unions are a big part of the MBTA's problems they should question why the privately run CR is doing worst then the rest of the system recovery-wise.

Because your pro-union friend seems to think "private" equates to non-union, when the two have nothing to do with each other. The CR workers are in the carmen's union just like the rest of the MBTA workers.

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Well... Keolis may be a private company, yet their employees are still members of railroad unions. Same deal with MBCR before them. So I don't think that's relevant.

I think a much stronger pro-union argument is to point out that most countries that run better public transit service than us also tend to have stronger union culture than us. So clearly, unions are not incompatible with good transit service. A question remains: what are they doing differently?

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We can't compare a complete union vs non-union system in Boston. But in the 90's the discussion was if MA should privatize the various parts of the MBTA or turn the entire system over to a private company much like Keolis. I think the point is that even if you save some money from management being private you don't gain better service. It's entirely possible that if Keolis deal was scrapped and the state took over this operation it would save money and/or have better service.

No idea what Baker is going to propose once his little study is done but it would be hard to make the argument that the solution is privatize other parts of the MBTA if Keolis can't do a better job at keeping the CR fleet in working operation. They dropped the ball at showing that the private sector can take turds and turn them into roses.

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Go to http://www.mbta.com/weather/

Scroll down on that page and you will find a series of PDF files that are showing a special schedule for each train for this week only. The web site appears to also be updated. The schedules are showing that some trains are being cancelled outright (fewer trains running) and some trains that have sections where they run express legs, will be making all local stops instead.

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These are the same recovery schedules they've been running.

Also they've now updated both the app and the website so that it by default shows the recovery schedules in place of the regular schedules.

Also Keolis is leasing loaner motive power that is scheduled to arrive on the property in March. That should help get us back towards the normal schedule.

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The recovery schedule doesn't say that there should have been any changes at all to the usual Sunday schedule. When the train was cancelled, it was not announced on the signs at Porter Square, either.

Fortunately my need to get to Lincoln was neither urgent nor timely, so I took the next train at 11:15 am. But this stranded a whole bunch of other people, including some Brandeis students and at least one skier who was haaded to Wachusett on what was officially supposed to be the "Ski Train".

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It's a miracle! I know they won't be able to stick to it, but after weeks of ~15+ minute waits, meaning jam packed cars, maybe things will be bearable for once

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When I see the departure board at Forest Hills.

Hope my pessimistic view is proven wrong.

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