MBTA's Providence Line: Future Electrification! And a Stop at Canton Junction!

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Hello and welcome to downtown Boston and Boston’s south station! Today we are going to be riding down to Providence on the MBTA’s providence line, while taking a quick pit stop at Canton Junction to enjoy some Northeast corridor action.
Trip Information
Train Numbers: Stoughton Train 873 and Providence Train 817
First Leg Consist: 1 MPI HSP46, with 6 Hyundai Rotem and Kawasaki Bi-Level Coaches
Second Leg Consist: 1 MPI HSP46 (2012), with 3 Single Level and 3 Bi-Level Coaches
Departure Time: 12:05pm
Arrival Time: 3:33pm
Leg 1 Journey Time: 0hr 30min
Leg 2 Journey Time: 0hr 43min
Ticket Price: $13.25 (Leg 1: $8.00, Leg 2: $5.25)
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Chapters
0:00 Hello and welcome to Boston South Station!
0:56 A Once Great Station
1:25 Buying Our Ticket(s)
1:56 Waiting for Departure
2:20 Major Construction Over South Station
2:41 Boarding Our Stoughton Line Train
3:19 MBTA's Bi-Level Cars
4:14 Departing Boston and Boston Back Bay
4:58 Bathrooms on MBTA's Fleet
5:48 Arrival at Canton Junction
6:14 Train 873 Departs for Stoughton
6:34 Canton Junction: A Small but Nice Station
7:09 Time For Trains!
7:18 MBTA 815 to Providence
7:58 MBTA 820 to Boston with Horn!
8:50 Acela 2152 to Boston Flies Past
9:29 Acela 2167 to Washington DC Heads Down South
10:11 Our Stoughton Line Train Returns
10:21 One Last Arrival: MBTA 875 to Stoughton
10:52 Subscribe!
11:02 The Journey Continues with MBTA 817 to Providence
11:15 Boarding and Departure
11:34 Seating on MBTA's Comet Coaches
12:11 "Speeding" Down the Corridor
12:30 Electrification: The FUTURE of MBTA's Commuter Lines
13:38 MBTA's Providence Layover Facility
13:53 Arrival in Providence
14:14 What did you think of the "different" video?
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@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Sorry to those of you whose comments in the live chat I wasn't able to respond to! I'm on the Crescent as we speak, and Amtrak's WiFi decided that right in the middle of the video was when it would drop out. As compensation, here are my responses to those which went unanswered: @Tokyo Trekker: I would love to hear about your recommendations. I'm not sure when I would be able to get over to Japan, but knowing what travel options are out there would be nice. @Neillan: I'm surprised they even did that and just left everyone without a train, but at least you could get a taxi. @Willsen: I would love to make a Danish trip report at some point. I'm planning on heading across the pond late this summer, and I'll do my best to head up to Denmark while there. Anyway, I'm glad everyone enjoyed the video, and thank you so much for showing up to the premiere! I'll see y'all on Wednesday!

@samtrak1204 Жыл бұрын

The Crescent has wifi?

@Junior-vt9ly Жыл бұрын

With the change in MBTA administration recently, they dropped the battery-electric trains and are going full overhead catenary

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Wait really? I could've sworn I read they're sticking with battery EMUs. If that's true, then that's definitely the right call. Do you happen to know where you read that? I'd love to look into it more.

@toadscoper4575 Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarTrips its not an official announcement yet; however, there’s been a huge push by politicians for proper electrification, and legislation has been drafted. Governor Healey also has been a proponent of full electrification and has appointed industry experts to the MBTA board

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

@@toadscoper4575 I really hope that becomes official. Full electrification is the way forward.

@patrickmartin3322 Жыл бұрын

I really hope this actually happens, battery electric trains are rather stupid

@Junior-vt9ly Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarTrips don’t remember exactly but look for articles from February 2023. I remember it being announced around that timeframe

@IGuessIDoThings Жыл бұрын

I love that these videos have some railfanning mixed in

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Haha I’m as much a rail fan as I am a travel enthusiast, so including some is only natural.

@JJRol. Жыл бұрын

Didn't catch the premiere for this one. I love the architecture in Boston.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

All good man. Glad you still chose to stop by!

@himbourbanist Жыл бұрын

oooh your Acela angles were GOOD. flying by

@tonymento7460 Жыл бұрын

I remember when the E -8’s and the GP - 9 ‘s ran to RI from South Station with the old New Haven / Penn Central commuter rail cars that were build by Pullman Standard

@drewmarzano4179 Жыл бұрын

For anyone wondering what the numbers on the catenary poles are, those signal the mileage to GCT in NYC. For example, at 9:00, if a train was travelling at roughly 213 miles per hour, it would get to NYC in an hour. If high speed rail does become possible, imagine how quick it would take to travel the distance!

@hirampriggott1689 Жыл бұрын

Do you realize how much infrastructure remodeling that would require?

@RealConstructor 11 ай бұрын

Electrification and increased frequency first to get people out of cars. High speed trains are a possibility to get people out of planes, but that’s second.

@timbacchus Жыл бұрын

You had a lot of cameras for those fast ones. Thanks Cool having battery run units never thought about that.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I only had time to see those two Acelas before continuing on to Providence, so made sure to get my value out of them.

@PatriotAndAlbanyProductions 7 ай бұрын

Yo! Railfanner here, when your back, check out the north side, we have these old comet cars and gp40mcs up here:) (also, quick note, shouldve done it at mansfield, it reaches 150mph down there)

@terranempire2 Жыл бұрын

South station is under renovation which is why it is the way it is here now. I was there in January so I hope that once finished they open back up the space.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure when the space will reopen, but I don't think it'll be for a while. The project is massive, so I bet it'll be like that for at least another year.

@terranempire2 Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarTrips official timeline says they plan on finishing sometime in 2025. Living in the Baystate and having come and gone through south station countless times in my life I can say they have already increased the number of rail platforms significantly.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

@@terranempire2 2025 seems about on par with a project of that size. The expansions they've done to South Station have been incredibly helpful in bring in more rail traffic over the past decades. Hopefully the station proper will receive a refresh sometime soon.

@counterfit5 Жыл бұрын

A North-South link with underground platforms would be amazing, if they can find room for them with the Red and Silver lines there already

@stephenkeever6029 Жыл бұрын

Great multi camera rail fanning!

@RandomRailfan828 Жыл бұрын

Great video man, lots of good info plus I love the on board! Also nice catches too!

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I really appreciate it!

@JohnsTrainVideos 9 ай бұрын

No most flappy departure board at north station? I used to love it when it would flip flip flip flip to a new set of trains!

@johnburke1317 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@de-fault_de-fault Жыл бұрын

11:38 Prior to their 2002 refurb (becoming the pastel nightmare that is the Comet IIM), some of NJ Transit's Comet II's had seats just like these (or the Shoreliners) but in brown, with a vinyl floor. But others of them had a carpeted floor and orange flippable seats, with a contrasting (in color as well as texture) brown insert at each position. I think that's my favorite "real" Comet interior (not counting the Comet V which is sort of its own thing, or the Horizon fleet for that matter).

@hunterfellman-greene3863 8 ай бұрын

Seeing the day was July 1, 2022, I headed out of South Station earlier that day at 7:15 AM to NYC Penn Station for the 4th of July on one of the Acela Express trains

@thiagoknows3504 Жыл бұрын

Awesome man the electric mbta trains should be great

@toadscoper4575 Жыл бұрын

To clear things up- the matter of MBTA electrification has been on constant flux; however, there’s a ton of political support. As of now politicians are actually pushing for full proper overhead catenary electrification rather than battery EMUs. Governor Healey also just appointed a new MBTA board and manager so who knows what will happen next…

@notstarboard Жыл бұрын

@@reallifechronicles1707 Keolis is contracted to operate the commuter rail, but the commuter rail is still an MBTA service.

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

2:34 it’s turning into Penn station….. the beautiful naturally lit hall is gone and will not reappear, and the tower will turn the once open air platform into a dimly lit space without much natural light

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately so. But Penn station did need to go through it's ugly phase before Moynihan was built, so maybe a similar treatment is coming for South Station.

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarTrips hopefully we will do what Philadelphia did in the 1980’s and build a center city tunnel

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

@@JoeyLovesTrains I hope so too. There really needs to be a north-south connection in Boston.

@CaradhrasAiguo49 11 ай бұрын

full electrification of even just the lines passing through Back Bay station would also solve the never-ending poor ventilation problems there caused by the usage of diesel locomotives

@svenmartin840 Жыл бұрын

I hope you do a trip from Hamburg Germany to Milan Italy on the train

@brandonbell7875 Жыл бұрын

The T is still the only agency that operates the HSP46. Crazy to think Amtrak hasn't taken a shot on a couple of them after all the early problems with the Chargers. To my knowledge they're decent after the early issues they had.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised too. I would’ve thought they’d at least do a trial run of a couple, but I guess not. Maybe something to do with their contract with Siemens.

@strangehobbyist Жыл бұрын

All I’ve been hearing right now from MBTA is bad news (blame both heated rail and impossibly difficult floods this summer), but hopefully Gov Healey keeps her word and this electrification project starts fairly soon.

@mirzaahmed6589 Жыл бұрын

0:55 the station really isn't as bad as you make it out to be. I never even noticed the exposed ducts on the ceiling, but it doesn't matter either way; they are too high up to be aesthetically unpleasant. The scattered restaurants are also a nice touch.

@robertknutson491 Жыл бұрын

The scattered restaurants make the stations feel way more crowded than it really is! They don’t even fit in!

@JoePlett 8 ай бұрын

The scattered restaurants & other kiosks provide revenue that ideally help keep costs to passengers down. I have no issue with "mallification" if it provides a revenue stream that helps underwrite the services I value. BTW - have you seen Boston NORTH station recently?

@michaeltajfel Жыл бұрын

At 12:43 there is a digitally altered photo of a Class 345 Elizabeth line train in the London area. Can you explain this?

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

The photo was used as a reference in a news article to show how a class 345 EMU would look as a part of the MBTA’s fleet.

@Spaceshotx7 Жыл бұрын

Why is it the only MBTA commuter rail where they only open 1 car and 1 door?

@Robbi496 9 ай бұрын

If you look at pictures of the Station i n the warly 1900's, even then it was a cavernous dimly lit terminal

@ronezekian9865 10 ай бұрын

Canton Junction does indeed have stairs, if the ramps are too long for people.

@willgibson9718 Жыл бұрын

See you next week I have a doctor 👩‍⚕️ near new haven union station

@skyblueo 11 ай бұрын

I would have liked you to talk about Providence station and show what it looks like, rather than just showing the floor. Like are there places to eat, how are the bathrooms, are there any shops where you can buy chargers & cables, in case you accidentally didn't pack them? Otherwise, it was a good video.

@LonestarTrips 11 ай бұрын

I think I talked about it more in a different video, as it was the starting point for the next leg.

@mirzaahmed6589 Жыл бұрын

The Stough- in Stoughton rhymes with how, not stow.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

I checked it multiple times, it’s definitely Stough- as in stow.

@maninredhelm Жыл бұрын

I've lived in southeast Mass most of my life and have only ever heard it pronounced Stoe-tun, not Stout-un.

@bethfritz597 Жыл бұрын

I actually ment train yt but it was auto correct so so sorry

@TheGhostCrawler-eq4jk 10 ай бұрын

The AC works better in the older coaches

@Shinjibtw Жыл бұрын

I was pretty late but very nice video.

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Doesn't matter how late you are, just that you're here and enjoyed the video.

@Shinjibtw Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarTrips Thank you man, appreciate it 🤜

@LonestarTrips Жыл бұрын

@@Shinjibtw Anytime man 🤛

@alejandroviasus668 Жыл бұрын

Is that what I think it is in the toilet..?..5:09

@ER_ProductionsRailz Жыл бұрын

there is a roblox game about this line

@NortheastCorridorFilms 6 ай бұрын

it sucks

@johnarnehansen9574 10 ай бұрын

Why don't they just use steam-and gas power plants for electrification, along with renewable?..

@nodfexxover7877 Жыл бұрын

Just so you know. The WHOLE train is supposed to be open. That's the rule. I would write a complaint if I were you

@gb9727 5 ай бұрын

Im not really a fan of the motive power locomotives. They look dated, and i think they should get siemens ventures or just chargers

@grommit700 Жыл бұрын

Any diesel locomotives operating on an electrified railway like needs to be replaced by electric. It took way to long for Connecticut to see this fundamental flaw 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ For this to happen though, both Amtrak and all other passenger railway companies on the NEC must install enough solar panels and other eco-infrastructure to offset electric use. Otherwise this will self-defeat the goal of being more eco friendly.

@voidjavelin23 11 ай бұрын

Why not nuclear?

@grommit700 11 ай бұрын

@@voidjavelin23 Nuclear generated electricity is an option. However, this may have opposition because customers want renewable energy sources such as solar.

@voidjavelin23 11 ай бұрын

@@grommit700 silly nimbys

@MbtaVideoClips 6 ай бұрын

Did you copy the bathroom review from the Haverhill video lol

@LonestarTrips 6 ай бұрын

Maybe… 🤫

@MbtaVideoClips 6 ай бұрын

Lol. Doesn't really matter since the BTC-4C and 4D car bathrooms almost identical. Only difference is the position in the car.@@LonestarTrips

@LonestarTrips 6 ай бұрын

@@MbtaVideoClips that’s why I did it lol. Literally the same facility, but it felt weird excluding it

@erikgustafson9319 Жыл бұрын

Im Sorry But No Use Bi mode Flirts to replace the remaining loco hauled fleet with the exception of the newer motive power fleet for future services along with some Euro Duals If you really want to push it.

@3506Dodge Жыл бұрын

this is what many European train stations are like.

@nolantherailfan5048 Жыл бұрын

It's just that government projects take ages to get completed.

@kl6361 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone like me

@johnmclachlan3602 Жыл бұрын

our crappy filthy coach windows. sigh.

@jackmcmorrow9397 Жыл бұрын

Fuck the red line being borderline inoperable though, i guess.

@truedarklander Жыл бұрын

@jackmcmorrow9397 Жыл бұрын

@@truedarklander The Boston Red line is in the worst state it has ever been in, so expanding and improving the commuter rails, the line that's working fine, feels super tone deaf.