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

Written By Lonestar Trip Reports on Saturday, Apr 22, 2023 | 11:00 AM

 
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) Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed! Previous Video: The Hartford Line: Amtrak's or CT Rail's? Why Not Both!: https://youtu.be/BUJYyzUPGsc *Huge Thank You to My Patrons!* _First Class:_ Jonas Jonson Caleb Joshua Bedel _Business Class:_ James Schock _Coach Class:_ Marlo Fairhurst Arthur Sievers Stephen Keever Sam Jennings Michael Cronin _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? 14:20 Next Week: The Jet. A First Class Bus from NYC to DC 14:46 Wednesday Video?! NS Intercity from Ede-Wageningen to Arnhem 14:54 Subscribe! And a HUGE Thank You to my Patrons and Members! 15:14 Thanks for Watching! Want your name in the video, or just want to support the channel in more ways than one? Check out the Patreon or become a Channel Member! https://www.patreon.com/LonestarTripReports https://www.youtube.com/lonestartripreports/join Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/lonestartripreports Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lonestaryt Equipment: Camera: iPhone 12 Pro Max Gimbal: DJI OM5 Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black Camera: Sony AX-43 Mic: Rode Videomic Pro+ Tripod: Coman DF06 + Manfrotto 502 Head #Amtrak #MBTA #TripReport