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I just read this today. https://www.governing.com/now/taking-the-commuter-out-of-americas-rail-systems https://www.governing.com/now/taking-the-commuter-out-of

I just read this today. https://www.governing.com/now/taking-the-commuter-out-of-americas-rail-systems https://www.governing.com/now/taking-the-commuter-out-of-ame... The primary problem in Boston (from my perspective and I expert alot of other people) is the schedule of the commuter rails is terrible. They just make zero sense. You can take a train into Boston between 6-10am and a train out of Boston between 4 and 7pm, otherwise, you have to wait hours for a train.

ghaff 5y ago
Hours is a bit of an exaggeration (probably more like 90 minutes on my line) but that's basically true. And you have to tack on buffer if you need to take the subway to the train station. I'll take commuter rail by preference to go into the city but only if I'm basically going in and out at normal commuting hours. I won't take it if I'm going in for an evening event or even, generally, if I have an evening event following something in the daytime. But they're basically designed for commuters (hence the name) and, in my experience, are pretty empty the rest of the time. To your basic point, I don't think I've ever used commuter rail to connect to another mode of transportation whether train or plane. Just too much overhead.