Snow Delays Commuter Rail Train

After a day of working from home because of yesterday's snow storm, I was back riding the rails this morning.

This morning's inbound commute on the P508 train was fine. Although the train didn't get to South Station until 8:40 a.m. The scheduled arrival time for this Worcester-Framingham "express" train is supposed to be 8:23 a.m. The train is "express" because it does not stop atthe stations Wellesley Square through Yawkey.

It's so irritating to be sitting outside of the station waiting for a train bay to open!

While the Worcester-Framingham line apparently ran OK during yesterday's storm, commuters on North and South of the city were not so lucky. Riders of the Haverhill, Gloucester, and Dedham lines were all impacted by delays. Here is the article round-up:

• Boston Herald "Hub weathers first '08 Storm"
• Gloucester Daily Times "Storm packs a punch"
• BostonNOW "A whole lot better than the last time . . . "

In other commuter rail-related news, Norton residents are going to be asked their opinions tonight on possible routes for the commuter rail line extension from Boston to New Bedford, also known as the "South Coast Rail" project. Here is a link to an article about the "South Coast Rail" project from The Enterprise.

It is amazing that New Bedford and Fall River, two fairly large urban areas, do not have rail service to Boston. Why the state had to restore rail service to Hingham, Cohasset and Scituate is beyond me, especially since those communities have a plethora of commuting options.