Amtrak to cut Boston-N.Y. service June 14-17

FYI

They're not just 'doing some work' on the bridge - the Thames river bridge movable span will be removed and replaced with a new span.

HOPEFULLY this is finished in the time period stated--I have reservations for the
beginning of July made already--I will be very annoyed if these are cancelled.

You have failed to mention that Commuter Rail Service will also face disruptions during this time on the Providence, Stoughton, Franklin and Needham lines.

Any chance they could do some work so the Acela hits 100mph for more than 10 miles in RI?

I remember riding the TGV to Lyons in the early 80's....this is a national embarrassment not to have high speed trains anywhere in this country (except for 10 mile stretches of rural farmland!)

Yes, that's caused by the "blitz." Although the bridge is out of range of the MBTA commuter lines, the additional maintenace will cause disruptions, although those lines will continue to operate.

If our less than competent President would stop taking money out of the Rail Industry maybe we could have more train options instead of less???

How come I never read or see any action from Democrats or Republicans on increasing funding into railroads?? I see alot of highways being widened?
Once again the mistakes we are making are the result of us electing those who are not Leaders.

This is one of the least informative articles I have read. Not only did the writer misstate the level of work being done on the bridge (John is correct in his comment - It's not just "some work" but an actual bridge replacement, but the editorializing within the article (describing bus service as either "old school" or "newest and coolest" does little to explain what is meant. "Newest" - are we talking age of busses, length of time service has been offered, or what? "Coolest" - I have no idea what is meant by that. A bus is a bus. If there is anything different about the various services, the author should have indicated that, or simply mentioned the various services without any descriptive terms.

This information has been up on the Amtrak site for weeks and weeks.

"Some work"?? The whole span needs replacement (I've been on many a train that has crawled across that bridge). Hopefully this work will remove that speed restriction and result in faster travel between Bos and NY.

And, rather than trip after trip of slow spots due to maintenance crews, it seems to make sense to do this maintenance blitz over a couple of days.

You people whine a lot.

A bus is not just a bus. The newer buses offer many features not offered by the older buses, and some of the older buses (not mentioning names), can be downright dangerous. If you read the Boston Globe you should not need any more explanation about the buses.

Amtrak has never been about speed and never will be. Someone, somewhere will complain in the form of street protests and/or "community" meetings to slow down to a crawl the trains for reasons as varied as the imagination can invent. Its all part of the prevailing attitude that says, "don't do anything good because I don't want it". You've all seen this before and it never seems to stop.

Most people would prefer to drive in the privacy and freedom of their cars. Obviously, highways do need to be widened and extended. You living in year 21st century, not the 19th century.