Talk:MBTA Commuter Rail
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SPUI, actually "that sort of thing" (e.g., location hyperlinks of the form Philadelphia, PA) is the standard form for Wikipedia. You probably should not have reverted those changes.
Atlant 01:31, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] MBTA ownership of abandoned and non-passenger trackage
This article should make some mention of rail lines the MBTA took over from other railroads and which have either been abandoned or have never operated in passenger service. Two obvious examples would be the Central Mass. line and the Millis line. It should also talk about the relation between the MBTA and Bay Colony Railroad. 121a0012 04:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] MBCR infobox
The MBCR infobox seems to think that the MBCR has been operating since 1964. This is clearly untrue. Perhaps MBCR shouldn't have its name at the top of the infobox? JNW2 02:13, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
And then someone changed it to read "1964 (MBTA)/2003 (MBCR)"; yet the article says that Amtrak didn't start running it until 1986, and that the MBTA didn't buy the tracks until 1973. I'm going to just change it to 2003, since the top of the infobox has an MBCR logo. JNW2 (talk) 21:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Map
The map should be edited to show the Greenbush Line as a solid line, now that it is active. JNW2 02:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Worcester/Springfield
I've removed this sentence from the body of the article:
There is a proposal to extend the Worcester/Framingham Line to Springfield, Massachusetts, though a more pressing need for more trains on the route probably will be addressed first.[citations needed]
While I will certainly not be surprised if the track purchase leads to more frequent service (possibly after upgrading to double track on part of the route), I'm not sure there's anything to cite that says that, and perhaps even the MBTA doesn't have a clear picture of how that will work out.
The Springfield thing seems pretty vague, and also should maybe be a link to the amtrak station article and not the city article. JNW2 02:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
