{"id":448,"date":"2024-03-31T23:33:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2024-04-15T23:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T03:53:33","slug":"thoughts-from-everyone-hyde-park-fairmount-and-readville","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/?page_id=448","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from Everyone: Hyde Park, Fairmount and Readville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThoughts from Everyone\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;series is a collection of discussions and analyses of the current system contributed by other transit fans that I personally find interesting. For a full index with ideas on all topics, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=225\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post includes discussions&nbsp;and analyses of transit in southernmost Boston, most notably the neighborhood of <strong>Hyde Park<\/strong>, which includes Fairmount and Readville. Many such discussions involve commuter rail lines on the <strong>Northeast Corridor<\/strong> and the <strong>Fairmount Line<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Last updated:\u00a0<\/strong>March 31, 2024 (created page)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a href=\"#commuter-rail-stations\">Commuter Rail Stations<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#hyde-park-station\">Hyde Park Station<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#readville-station\">Readville Station<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-travel-demand\">Travel Demand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"commuter-rail-stations\">Commuter Rail Stations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hyde-park-station\">Hyde Park Station<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several uncertainties remain with the future of Hyde Park station on the Northeast Corridor. As of March 2024, it receives asymmetric service in both directions, particularly fewer inbound trains <span class=\"note\">(with no inbound Franklin Line trains stopping)<\/span>, and Phase 2 of South Coast Rail (SCR) may remove trains from Stoughton\/SCR that currently stop there. It is unclear whether all trains can stop here as the system moves to a Regional Rail model. Moreover, Amtrak has plans to expand the Northeast Corridor right-of-way (ROW) to 4 tracks, which presents challenges with ROW width at Hyde Park station and a real chance of removing the station altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/crazy-transit-pitches.3664\/post-329196\" title=\"\">2018 discussion of quad-tracking Hyde Park and surrounding stations<\/a><\/strong> <em>(F-Line to Dudley and other users, August 2018), and later comments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In several replies, F-Line detailed the difficulties of quad-tracking Hyde Park station according to the NEC Infrastructure Improvements Master Plan (IIMP), primarily due to properties on the west side of the ROW where the fourth track is planned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/regional-rail-rur-north-south-rail-link-nsrl.1089\/post-475787\" title=\"\">2024 discussion of Hyde Park station&#8217;s service levels and quad-tracking the station<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <em>(archBoston users, March 2024), and later comments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The discussion started with hypothetical trains per hour (TPH) at the station, but quickly moved into feasibility of expanding the station&#8217;s footprint, starting <a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/regional-rail-rur-north-south-rail-link-nsrl.1089\/post-475810\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The thread also has brief mentions of other infill stations to the north of Hyde Park, and the possibility of a flying junction at Readville for the Franklin Line (replicated in sections below).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[Crosslist]<\/strong> Part of this discussion included an <a href=\"#hyde-park-travel-demands\" title=\"\">analysis of travel demands from Hyde Park<\/a>, listed separately <a href=\"#hyde-park-travel-demands\" title=\"\">below<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[Crosslist]<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/crazy-transit-pitches.3664\/page-169#post-329333\" title=\"\">This discussion<\/a>, listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=458\" title=\"Thoughts from Everyone: MBTA Commuter Rail and Other MA Mainline Rail\">&#8220;Thoughts from Everyone: MBTA Commuter Rail and Other MA Mainline Rail&#8221;<\/a> page, contains layouts of all NEC stations under the quad-track plan, including Hyde Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"readville-station\">Readville Station<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/regional-rail-rur-north-south-rail-link-nsrl.1089\/post-475790\" title=\"\">Discussion of building a flying junction at Readville for Franklin Line<\/a><\/strong> <em>(archBoston users, March 2024), and later comments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This discussion was part of a broader discussion on Hyde Park and Readville&#8217;s service levels. TheRatmeister proposed adding a flying junction at Readville  for Franklin Line trains, but others quickly pointed out its engineering difficulties, most notably insufficient length and grades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-travel-demand\">Travel Demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"hyde-park-travel-demands\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/regional-rail-rur-north-south-rail-link-nsrl.1089\/post-475874\" title=\"\">Analysis of travel demands from Hyde Park<\/a><\/strong> <em>(Teban54, March 2024)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As part of the broader discussion on Hyde Park commuter rail, I did a thorough analysis of the neighborhood&#8217;s travel demands, with the station&#8217;s possible removal (and replacement with Fairmount Station) as context.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Summary:<\/strong> There exists significant demand from Hyde Park station to both the Northeast Corridor and the Fairmount Line corridor. Thus, replacing the station with Fairmount station is likely insufficient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;\u201cThoughts from Everyone\u201d&nbsp;series is a collection of discussions and analyses of the current system contributed by other transit fans that I personally find interesting. For a full index with ideas on all topics, see&nbsp;here. This post includes discussions&nbsp;and analyses of transit in southernmost Boston, most notably the neighborhood of Hyde Park, which includes Fairmount and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":225,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions\/724"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}