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Originally Posted by someone123
I wonder how resistant CN is to service along different portions of the line. There's the southern vs. northern option but there could also be a shorter urban service rather than suburban-oriented commuter rail. It could go from downtown north and then loop around to Mumford and maybe on to the south end. It would have transit connections at Mumford and downtown (bus and ferry).
The biggest downside of these lines aside from issues with CN is that because they run by the water they have less development nearby. However, I am not sure this is as true of the northern alignment with downtown and the ferry, the military, and the shipyard.
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In truth I think that could be a feasible and lower-cost alternative. You could use parts of the abandoned ROW where possible plus existing/modified streets as required to run some sort of BRT or non-rail streetcar or trolley service in a loop around the peninsula or in some other N-S or E-W configuration as well. For the old downtown core you could designate Water St to be vehicle-free except for the trolley service along with bikes, and rid Hollis of the bike lane which has never been successful.
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