Train In Vain?

Possibly some good news (eventually...) for Central Mass. commuters

From the Sentinel & Enterprise:

A proposal to spend $300 million on upgrades to the Fitchburg-South Acton commuter rail may bode well for local commuters in the future, but plans are still preliminary, MBTA officials said Thursday.

"These are just ideas, but nothing will be implemented without a public process," said Dennis DiZoglio, deputy general manager for planning and development at the MBTA."

This would be great, if they actually pull it off. My hubbin rode the train from Ayer to North Station for a few months, but he gave it up, because the schedule just wasn't convenient and the ride was too long and if he missed the train, which was often because something always comes up at the end of the day, he'd have to wait two hours sometimes for a train. When you're already an hour away from home, tacking an extra two hours to your day just doesn't work.