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Teacher? The forum ate my homework... Actually I bumped the back button and deleted my post...[banghead]To summerize the post I had written:The current bus service is about the same as a typical light rail line would be, except with more stops and a bit slower. I don't know how well ridden it is, but I know it isn't just a ghost bus. There is plenty of parking at all stations except the Phase Two stations. New Bond Street and Quinsigamond College have none or close to that. They'll be served by the bus feeder lines. Here's a map of the basic feeder services:[IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/SupportingBusRouteP2.jpg[/IMG]I was actually thinking that the line would work better as a commuter rail line on the existing track (since it would be FRA compliant, no new track is needed except a couple passing sidings) between Worcester and Ayer. Same route, just extending a lot longer. Two push pull trainsets would have a two hour round trip, so an hour between trains at the two endpoints. Stations would be some of the ones I proposed for light rail, plus new ones extending to Ayer:<ul><li>Worcester Union</li><li>WPI Biosciences Lab</li><li>Quinsigamond College (served by bus feeder lines)</li><li>West Boylston</li><li>Clinton (midway on the line, trains will pass here on a new siding)</li><li>Bolton (Route 117 park-and-ride station)</li><li>Ayer</li></ul>Markets served by the service would be:<ul><li>Passengers traveling between any station on the Framingham/Worcester and Fitchburg (at Ayer) lines.</li><li>Commuters to Worcester's growing Biosciences (Worcester is on the leading edge of stem cell research) industry from points on the Fitchburg line and the I-190 corridor.</li><li>Commuters to Worcester's Medical industry, one of the largest in New England. Also on the Fitchburg line and I-190 corridor.</li><li>Commuters to the Devens business area, which is quickly growing.</li></ul>I think commuter rail is more viable (and easier), so therefore a lot easier to get done. Any thoughts?
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