MBTA Commuter Rail

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Area served by the Commuter Rail lines
Abbreviation MBTA, MBTX
Catchment area Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Start of operations 1973
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length of the rail network 394  mi (634.1  km )
Head office Boston
Website www.mbta.com
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The system MBTA Commuter Rail has several railway lines in the rail transport of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Iceland to the United States . In particular, the Greater Boston metropolitan area is covered. Operation has been carried out since July 1, 2003 by the contract partner Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR), a merger of Veolia Transportation , Bombardier Transportation and Alternate Concepts, Inc. The consortium has previously received contracts with a term of two to five years.

The trains of the MBTA Commuter Rail point to the Long Island Rail Road ( New York City ), METRA ( Chicago ), Metro-North Railroad (New York City) and New Jersey Transit ( New Jersey ) - measured by the daily passenger numbers - with 133,900 Passengers per day has the fifth highest load factor in the United States. The lines run from Boston south to North Kingstown , north to Newburyport and west to Worcester . In Boston, the Boston North Station and Boston South Station are the terminus of the lines and offer connections to Amtrak trains as well as local bus and subway lines.

Line operation

Line map of the MBTA Commuter Rail , 2012

The following lines terminate at Boston South Station :

The following lines terminate at Boston North Station :

history

Consolidation under the control of the MBTA

Boston & Maine Railroad

The involvement of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the operation of public transport to the year 1967 back when the Boston & Maine Railroad (B & M) in the Interstate Commerce Commission proposed to adjust the total passenger. As a result, all connections north of the state line were suspended, but most of the passenger traffic in Massachusetts had to be maintained due to a bilateral contract between the state and the rail company. Against this background, the Commonwealth and the MBTA began to purchase railway lines and lines from B&M, including the Lowell Line between Somerville and Wilmington . In 1970, B&M finally filed for bankruptcy , and the remaining economic goods and assets were, with a few exceptions - especially pure freight lines - sold to the state of Massachusetts on December 14, 1976. However, the B&M was contractually obliged to continue to operate its lines with the existing diesel locomotives .

New Haven Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NYNH & H), which had long operated the majority of the suburban trains stopping at Boston South Station , had to file for final bankruptcy in 1961. It had already ceased passenger traffic on the Old Colony lines in the southeastern part of the state two years earlier . The remnants of NYNH & H were merged in 1968 with the Penn Central Transportation Company , which, however, had to file for bankruptcy in 1970. In 1973 the MBTA bought most of its lines, including the Providence / Stoughton Line , Franklin Line , Needham Line , Framingham / Worcester Line and Plymouth / Kingston Line . The Penn Central went on in 1976 in the Conrail , which took over the operations of the southern lines, whereby the MBTA was the owner of the material equipment. The MBTA also bought the Fairmount Line in order to carry out passenger traffic there again and to bypass the construction work on the Southwest Corridor .

New York Central

The Framingham / Worcester Line was originally part of the Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A), which was first integrated into the New York Central Railroad , which was finally integrated into Penn Central in 1968 at the same time as NYNH & H. As part of the expansion of the Massachusetts Turnpike to Boston in the 1960s, the line's right of way on the section between Massachusetts Route 128 and the city of Boston was sold to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority with the proviso that New York Central had control of the railway line retained. Conrail inherited the line as the legal successor to Penn Central . In 1976 the section between Riverside and Framingham was sold to the MBTA.

In September 2009, CSX Transportation, as the successor to Conrail , signed a contract with the state for a total of 100 million US dollars for the sale of the tracks between Framingham and Worcester and the entire Grand Junction Railroad, including all lines, to the state. The aim is to implement the South Coast Rail project in order to improve the quality of service on the Framingham / Worcester Line, including through shorter cycle times. After lengthy construction and negotiations, ownership of the line was transferred to the State of Massachusetts on October 4, 2012.

Cooperation with subcontractors

With the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 , the Conrail was forced to hand over the operational business of its passenger transport to local transport authorities. The southern lines were transferred to the Boston & Maine , so that for the first time in history, the entire local traffic in the Boston area was covered by a single company. Even after its bankruptcy, B&M continued its operations with government support in the hope of being able to work profitably again through restructuring measures. In 1983, the newly established Guilford Transportation Industries (GTI) bought the remaining assets of B&M, but let the state contracts expire in 1987 after a two-month strike in 1986 put most of the northern lines out of service.

From 1987 to 2003, Amtrak operated all local traffic around Boston. Amtrak's relationship with the MBTA has never been particularly good, however, and it did not make a new bid when the contracts expired in 2003. The only two bids came from the Guilford Rail System and from the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR), the latter of which won the bid and took over operations from Amtrak in July 2003. The contract with the MBCR expired in July 2008, but an existing extension option for 5 years was drawn in two phases, so that the contract was extended first to July 2011 and then again to July 2013. The latest extension tripled the penalty for train delays from $ 100 to $ 300.

Other partners of MBTA are Bombardier Transportation, the manufacturer of the rail vehicles and wagons, and Alternate Concepts, the operator of some bus routes, as the majority owner of Paul Revere Transportation on behalf of MBTA.

Changes since the takeover by the MBTA

Improvements

There have been many positive developments since the MBTA was responsible for running the local transport system, which continued the state's previous support. The main points of both actors are listed below.

  • The state of Massachusetts was one of the first to support the park and ride concept and to provide funds for the construction of the Route 128 station on the Providence Line . The station was built at a point where the radial rail line crosses Massachusetts Route 128 . Inaugurated in 1953 by the President of the New Haven Railroad Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr. , it was little more than a large parking lot next to the tracks when completed.
  • During construction on the Southwest Corridor in the 1980s, Amtrak trains were diverted between Boston and New York over the Fairmount Line . As part of this measure, the MBTA allowed Centralized traffic control (CTC) to be installed along this line , greatly increasing its signaling capacity. Even after the construction work was completed in 1987, the Fairmount Line continued to operate due to the high popularity of the residents from Dorchester and Roxbury . There are plans to build more intermediate stations along the route, the first of which ( Talbot Ave ) opened on November 12, 2012.
  • The eastern route of the B&M originally led over the bridge on the Merrimack River and north to Portsmouth in New Hampshire along the former Eastern Railroad . After 1967, however, the timetable for the route between the Ipswich and Newburyport stations was shortened to just one journey per day and finally discontinued in April 1976. Freight transports by rail reached Newbury until 1984, but the line was completely decommissioned in 1994. As early as October 26, 1998, the line was resumed with a stop at Rowley station .
  • As part of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Program II (NECIP II), the Providence / Stoughton Line was electrified in the 1990s, for which Amtrak government funds were used for the Acela Express project . However, the MBTA does not operate any electrically operated trains on this line, as these rail vehicles cannot run on other lines and are therefore not interchangeable.
  • Also in the 1990s, the MBTA invested heavily in the local transport system by preparing the Old Colony branch of the New Haven Railroad , which had not been in operation since 1959 , for use again. The two old lines of the Old Colony Line were put back into operation in 1997 and the Greenbush Line in 2007.
  • An agreement between the MBTA and the state of Rhode Island allowed her to expand her Attleboro Line to Providence in the late 1990s . In the mid-2000s, operations were extended from initially just working days to weekends. In December 2010 , the line was extended to the TF Green Airport station in Warwick , and in April 2012 the line was extended again to the Wickford Junction station in North Kingstown . Since 1981, this is the first rail passenger connection in the region south of Providence.

restrictions

Under the control of the MBTA, in addition to the improvements mentioned, various restrictions have also been implemented.

  • On January 10, 1977, the Arlington-Lexington-Bedford line was stopped. The expansion of the Red Line to Alewife could at least replace the line to West Cambridge . The former track bed now forms the Minuteman Bikeway and a park near Davis Square in Somerville .
  • The B&M offered a daily service to South Sudbury , 19.7 mi (31.7 km) from Boston. This was discontinued on November 26, 1971.

vehicles

Typical train with a diesel locomotive and six carriages at the Anderson Regional Transportation Center

All trains of the MBTA Commuter Rail are operated as push-pull trains. It is powered by a diesel locomotive , and there is a control car at the other end of the train . The currently deployed fleet of locomotives consists of both custom-made products for passenger trains (such as the EMD F40PH ) and freight locomotives that have been converted for use with passenger trains (such as the GMD GP40MC or EMD GP40-2 ). All locomotives for passenger trains have connections for head end power (HEP). The locomotives of the MBTA - with the exception of an EMD GP9 built in the late 1950s - were built between 1978 and 2009, the two latest being of the type NRE 3GS21B and being used alternately.

A total of 420 passenger cars are used, which were built between 1978 and 2005. Another 75 cars were ordered from Hyundai Rotem in 2008 . The wagons from the manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries are - just like the new orders - double-deck wagons .

Locomotives

In February 2012, MBTA maintained a fleet of 90 diesel locomotives, including five leased from MARC Train , one under repair and three under overhaul. Another two locomotives were available, but were not used in operation. 20 new locomotives were ordered.

Construction year Manufacturer model Numbers Remarks image
2009 Wabtec (MPI) MPI MPXpress 010, 011 Acquired from the FrontRunner of the Utah Transit Authority . Number eleven at Ruggles.jpg
1995 MK GP40WH-2 51, 59, 61, 66, 67 Former MARC Train locomotives leased on a monthly basis from MotivePower Industries . At the end of 2012, all locomotives of this type were taken out of service due to ongoing problems. MARC unit in Newburyport yard.JPG
1957-1960 Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) EMD GP9 902, 904 Not in use in front of passenger trains; No. 902 is not functional. EMD GP9.jpg
1978-1980 EMD EMD F40PH 1000 to 1017 Overhauled by Bombardier Transportation from 1989 to 1990. No. 1016 is not functional. MBTA Commuter Rail, Concord MA.jpg
1991-1993 Washington Group International MK F40PHM-2C 1025 to 1036 Overhauled by Wabtec from 2003 to 2004. MBTA 1028 in the shop.JPG
1987-1988 EMD EMD F40PH-2C 1050 to 1075 Overhauled by Wabtec from 2001 to 2003. No. 1073 was scrapped in 1990 after a collision. MBTA F40PH 1056 Ruggles.jpg
1973-1975 General Motors Diesel (GMD) GMD GP40MC 1115 to 1139 Overhauled by AMF in 1997. MBTA GP40 1136.jpg
2013-2014 Wabtec MPI HSP46 2000 to 2039 MBTA 2001 first revenue round trip at Reading.JPG
1971 EMD EMD GP40 3247 Not in use in front of passenger trains.
National Railway Equipment (NRE) NRE 3GS21B 3248 and 3249 Not in use in front of passenger trains. MBTA3gs21b at Boston.JPG

Wagons

In January 2013, the MBTA maintained 410 wagons and ordered 75 new ones. The wagons that are marked with "BTC" are conventional wagons, while the "CTC" mark indicates a control car .

Construction year Manufacturer model Labelling Seats Remarks image
1978 to 1979 Pullman Company BTC-1C 200 to 258 114 Cars 203 and 215 were retired. Overhaul from 1995 to 96.
1987 Bombardier Transportation BTC-1A 350 to 389 127
1987 to 1988 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) BTC-3 500 to 532 86 The wagons are - together with their CTC counterparts - the only rail vehicles produced by MBB. Commuter rail train and Bunker Hill Bridge, September 2010.jpg
1987 to 1988 MBB CTC-3 1500 to 1533 96 MBTAHorn.jpg
1989 to 1990 Bombardier BTC-1B 600 to 653 122 MBTA 616 shop.jpg
1989 to 1990 Bombardier CTC-1B 1600 to 1652 122 Car 1648 was retired. The driver's cabs for cars 1600 to 1624 were deactivated so that they are now listed as "BTC". Lynn station with train 172.jpg
1990 to 1991 Kawasaki Heavy Industries BTC-4 700 to 749 185 Bilevel MBTA coaches at South Station, April 2002.jpg
1990 to 1991 Kawasaki CTC-4 1700 to 1724 175 East Braintree-Weymouth Landing.jpg
1997 Kawasaki BTC-4A 750 to 766 182
2001 Kawasaki BTC-4B 767 to 781 182
2005 Kawasaki BTC-4C 900 to 932 178
2012 Hyundai Rotem BTC-5 800 to 846 179 47 cars were ordered for 2012 and the first cars could be tested in November 2012. MBTA Rotem cars at CRMF January 2013.JPG
2012 Hyundai Rotem CTC-5 1800 to 1827 173 28 cars were ordered for 2012. MBTA Red cab car at CRMF January 2013.JPG

Retired vehicles

With the takeover of local rail passenger transport by the State of Massachusetts in the 1970s, various vehicles came into the possession of the new owners that did not meet the usual standards. These included:

  • More than 86 railcars of the type Budd Rail Diesel Car of the Budd Company, mainly from the stocks of B&M, New Haven Railroad and SEPTA . The railcars were converted in the 1970s by the Morrison Knudsen company into conventional wagons that had to be pulled by locomotives. In the 1980s, the entire fleet was then replaced by conventional cars. Some of these units are still used today by the Grand Canyon Railway and the Hobo Railroad . Two abandoned cars are on a disused track near Boston North Station .
  • Between 1978 and 1980 the MBTA acquired 19 overhauled EMD FP10 locomotives , which were handed over to the Metro North Railroad in the 1990s . Six EMD GP-9 locomotives were also used, which were acquired by SEMTA in 1987 and of which No. 904 is still in use today as a work locomotive .
  • Former GO Transit wagons were used to bridge the period until delivery of the CTC-1 / BTC-1 order.
  • From 2002 to 2004 the MBTA leased some decommissioned F40PHs from Amtrak for the period of overhauling the company's own F40PHM-2C locomotives.

Services

  • Free WiFi has been available on all trains since 2008 .
  • The train to the ski area on Mount Wachusett has special equipment for transporting skis and snowboards .
  • Toilets are located in the MBB wagons, which are usually attached directly behind the locomotive, and in the BTC-4C Kawasaki wagons.

Fares

MBTA Commuter Rail tickets

The MBTA Commuter Rail fares are based on a zone system based on the distance from downtown Boston. There are a total of ten zones with the numbers 1 to 10 as well as zone 1A. Zone 1A is right in the city center, while Zone 10 represents the outermost limits of the commuter rail system. The pricing is based on the assumption that the passenger wants to drive either to the city center or to more distant areas, as this is the norm, especially for commuters. Therefore, the price rises continuously with the number of affected zones, so that a trip from 1A to 10 is the most expensive option. In the event that neither the start nor the destination of the journey are in the city center, so-called “Interzone Fares” have been introduced, the amount of which is also based on the number of zones passed through.

Tickets can be purchased from the relevant machines at larger stations and at smaller stops in nearby shops. The transport fees can also be paid directly to the train crew. Creepy transport is explicitly illegal , but not criminal .

Driving operation

Littleton Station / Route 495 Littleton

Like most local transport companies in the northeastern states of the USA, the MBTA belongs to the Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee (NORAC) and works on the basis of the guidelines developed by this committee. Most of the routes of the MBTA Commuter Rail fall under NORAC rule 251, ie the signals are designed so that only one direction of travel is possible. During the 1990s, parts of the network, such as the Framingham / Worcester Line, were converted so that they can be used on both tracks in both directions in accordance with NORAC rule 261, so that both tracks can be used in the same direction during rush hour .

Each train is set up so that the control car points in the direction of the respective Boston terminus and the locomotive is at the opposite end of the train. Each train has an "ADA" car (named after the Americans with Disabilities Act ) that is specially equipped for people with disabilities . This is located directly behind the locomotive on trains departing from Boston North Station and allows level access to all stations. On the trains departing from Boston South Station, the control car is used instead as an "ADA" car.

Depending on the station, travelers can get off at ground level or have to use the steps of the wagons that extend outwards.

Planned expansions

The Leverett Circle Connector Bridge runs over the platforms of Boston North Station . The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge can be seen in the background .

Lines departing from Boston South Station

An extension to the Stoughton Line known as the South Coast Rail is expected to extend the MBTA network to the towns of Taunton , Fall River and New Bedford . However, critics doubt the profitability of the upgraded line.

In September 2010, the MBTA published a feasibility study for a regular expansion of the Franklin Line to the Foxborough station , which is currently only used for special events at Gillette Stadium .

On April 23, 2012, the expansion of the Providence Line to Wickford Junction in North Kingstown ( Rhode Island ) went into operation. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is also investigating the feasibility of connecting existing Amtrak stations in Kingston and Westerly and building new stations in Cranston , East Greenwich and Davisville . Federal funds have already been granted for the preparatory planning of a new station in Pawtucket .

On July 1, 2013, two new stops ( Four Corners / Geneva Avenue and Newmarket ) were put into operation on the Fairmount Line . They serve the better traffic development of the Boston borough of Dorchester . In addition, the fares for the line were adjusted to those of the subways.

There are also proposals to expand the Old Colony Lines to Wareham and Buzzards Bay .

Lines departing from Boston North Station

On October 18, 2010, the MBTA began construction work on the extension of the Fitchburg Line by 4.5  mi (7.2  km ) to the new Wachusett station . The expansion is part of a larger project that also includes the expansion of existing stations and the expansion of a single-track section to two tracks. This should reduce the travel time between Boston and Fitchburg to around an hour. The work was funded by funds from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program for $ 55.5 million .

Consideration is being given to building another station in southern Salem to improve the connection to Salem State University . Expansion lines to Peabody and Danvers are also planned.

Former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, James Aloisi , spoke out in favor of expanding the network from Worcester via Clinton and Ayer to Boston North Station . The old Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad , which was owned by Pan Am Railways in 2009, could be used for this purpose .

The state of New Hampshire established the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority and provided funding for the construction of platforms in Nashua and Manchester .

According to a newspaper article, the State of Massachusetts is negotiating the purchase of land to extend the Haverhill Line to Plaistow .

Connection between northern and southern route

There is currently no direct connection between Boston North Station and Boston South Station . To get from one station to another, passengers either have to take the subway or switch to road traffic. While passengers of the lines Providence / Stoughton , Framingham / Worcester , Franklin and Needham , the North Station from the station Back Bay from the Orange Line of the line and passengers Fitchburg the South Station from the station Porter from the Red Line can be reached directly, Passengers on the other lines must transfer to the subway leading to their destination at either Park Street or Downtown Crossing .

The planned North – South Rail Link will connect both halves of the commuter rail system, but the state of Massachusetts withdrew its financial participation in the project in 2006 due to the high costs. For the transfer of rail vehicles between the two areas, the MBTA and Amtrak use the tracks on the East Boston – Allston railway line .

Freight transport

The Boston Sand and Gravel company photographed from a train of the MBTA with passing tracks.

Northern route network

As part of the contractual conditions, Pan Am Railways, as the successor to B&M , was granted an "unlimited and exclusive" right to use the railways for freight traffic, which it also exercises.

The company Boston Sand & Gravel has concluded with the Pan Am an agreement to allow trains of New Hampshire Northcoast the tracks of Conway to north of Boston North Station can be used where on the border to Boston and Cambridge a work of the company is located. Occasionally, the Fitchburg Line is also used by a Norfolk Southern Railway train to supply coal to a power station in Bow .

Southern route network

The CSX Transportation (CSXT) owns the rights over a large part of the area of ​​the former New Haven Railroad. Providence & Worcester Railroad also offers a limited number of services on the Providence Line , which mainly run from Central Falls through Providence to New Haven . In addition, the Bay Colony Railroad uses some lines for limited freight traffic.

Via the Worcester Line, CSXT provides offers for intermodal transports as well as car and general cargo transport .

See also

Individual evidence

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Web links

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