A Train Late and a Car Short
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What the hell is happening on the Worcester-Framingham commuter line these days? Since the holidays ended, I’d swear they’re running some rush hour trains at least a car shorter than before the holiday. I routinely take the P529, 6:15 Worcester train home (and have for over 15 months now) and for the last two weeks at least the damn train is packed to overflowing nearly every night. It was not like this before the holiday season. I have no empirical evidence — I didn’t routinely count the cars in the train every night, but I swear something has changed. Perhaps lot’s of people have made a New Year’s resolution to take the train more. Or perhaps it’s a symptom of the broken-down MBCR/MBTA and the result of too many cars in the shop.
Whatever the reason, it sure makes for a crappy commute.
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