> dates back to the late 1890s and will be replaced with a modern, more durable, metal trough.
I think any infrastructure that has lasted over 130 years is already quite durable.
It's probably not the same wood since 1890. Requires more repairs and replacements.
The part relevant to the editorialized headline:
“The MBTA will perform work in December to replace the wooden overhead catenary wire “trough” in the Green Line tunnel, which is original to the tunnel’s construction in the late 1890s. The trough houses the Green Line’s overhead wires and will be replaced with a modern, more durable, metal trough.”
It's been a decade+ since I used to catch the Green line at Park St, but at that time it was the noisiest, squealiest station that I regularly used. Not surprising to learn that parts of that station are left over from the 1890s.
It's deafening
If only they’d make the T fare free and run more frequently and later into the night. The C line in Brookline has the potential to be extremely convenient, but at present most of the time it’s easier to take an Uber, or drive.
It's what, $2.40? I don't think they need to make it fare free.
Free fares would significantly increase ridership, no?
Yes, and reduce its revenue that it needs to properly run and upgrade its existing infrastructure.
Why do you think they charge in the first palce?
The builders should be patting themselves on the back. The fact that some of this infrastructure was built in the 1890s is amazing.
Boston subway to replace cable duct that worked for 130+ years