Talk:Green Line "A" Branch

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This article was nominated for deletion on 28th June 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] {{mb}} to {{MBTABus}}

I have changed the {{mb}} template to a new {{MBTABus}} template (which is identical to the old {{mb}} template) so that {{mb}} can be used for {{Mfd bottom}}, in the same way that {{Ab}} can be used for {{Afd bottom}} —Mets501 (talk) 22:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why?

Does anyone have any idea why the "A" line was eliminated and replaced by a bus? I don't know if this information is even possible to find out at this point though, as it was so many years ago... --Tagith 03:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I added some info about the streetcar shortage; it also seems unlikely the branch would have remained substituted for so long if it didn't have low ridership compared to the other branches. -- Beland 23:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd hesitate to say "low" (since I'm on the 57 meatwagon regularly) but ridership beyond Oak Square is certainly much lower than further in. A was also the longest (distance) run of the local-service surface lines (Highland Branch being rapid transit and higher fares.) Finally, once the Pike extension was built, inbound service crossed the Pike the wrong way on a one-way street. I do not know of a single case where the MTA or MBTA de-bustituted a route that was bustituted for some reason other than immediate maintenance needs (e.g. Mattapan line, which isn't back yet). --Jnik 03:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)