Talk:North–South Rail Link

message: *When I personally worked at the Amtrak HR office on Summer Street (South Station) in 2003 there was talk within the office that this link would be provided by a Monorail.  Should I include that or is it too close to hear-say? CaribDigita 17:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Monorail

message: *North station and South station aren't that far apart--if this link were made and a Central Station were built, would that mean that trains would be stopping at North Station, Central Station, South Station, and Back Bay Station?  That sounds ridiculous to me--intercity trains would be stopping in Boston as often as the subway--but I must be misunderstanding something. --Marlow4 19:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: True, more traffic would flow into and out of a downtown station, at say, State Street.  That might reduce the relevance of South Station, but this station has better drop-off and cab access.  Most downtown locations would have inferior drop-off and cab access.Dogru144 (talk) 23:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why build a Central Station? 

message: Is it appropriate to note that the Big Dig planners passed up an easy opportunity to build a North-South connector?  The underground highway [I-93] follows, perfectly, the path for a connector between the two stations. Dogru144 (talk) 23:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Counterfactual history

message: The article says, "The tunnels would not be equipped to handle diesel locomotives, and even if they were, the performance of the locomotives might be unsuited to negotiating the steep tunnel grades and frequent, closely spaced stops that are planned.[4] Locomotives equipped for electric operation would be required; that would be a significant change for the MBTA."
The technology exists, for trains to have dual generation engines (diesel and electric, probably powered over pantograph-contacted wire).
This article does not address the power issue.  Given that the Northeast Corridor is powered by pantograph, the tunnel rail lines would probably be powered by overhead wire and pantograph. Dogru144 (talk) 23:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Diesel trains and tunnel

message: From Boston - Montreal?  Would it go to the North first? Or west I wonder???
*Obama vows to fast track high speed rail (Time sensitive link) - Google News service CaribDigita (talk) 02:38, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obama's plan speaks of high speed rail line 

message: Has anyone come across any studies mentioning the potential economic impact this could have on the states of New Hampshire and Maine? A link integrating them to the Northeast lines straight through to New York and New York City should bode well in their favour. Esp. With Obama's plan about the Boston lines going onward to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CaribDigita (talk) 13:40, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any economic studies mentioning impact on NH and ME? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I tried to clean up some text which would be confusing to a reader not already familiar with this or similar projects. As of now, the article mentions the existence of multiple alternatives proposed for the NSRL, but only mentions the "Dorchester Avenue alignment" by name, and then partially refers to another alternative alignment by using the same name. This muddle needs to be clarified, with clear references to the original reports. Reify-tech (talk) 15:14, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification / Remaining confusion 

message: "Currently, the Amtrak Downeaster line from Maine has no direct connection with the Northeast Corridor trains to New York City and beyond.[3] " no, there is  direct subway link from north station to back bay station via orange line.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1000:B075:2CCF:99FE:BCB2:B291:7AAF (talk) 16:39, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  existing link