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[edit] Monorail
- 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)
- Unpublished rumors are generally not included. The official DEIR mentions a bus. The Association for Public Transit has proposed a rail line on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. It's probably best to stick with published proposals. Has anyone notable proposed a monorail in print or online? I've removed the statement for now. -- Beland 03:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why build a Central Station?
- 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)
- Believe it or not, many subway stops in downtown Boston are even more closely spaced. It does make sense for commuter rail to have three downtown stations, since the vast majority of riders have destinations actually in downtown Boston, many of which are in the center of the city, rather than near the northern or southern edges. You are right to wonder if that makes sense for Amtrak, and as I just updated the article to say, it turns out that the DEIR/MIS actually assumes that any given Amtrak train will only make one stop in the city of Boston. -- Beland 03:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
