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dpm25 t1_j5w6g6d wrote

Reply to comment by ToadScoper in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper

https://bankerandtradesman.com/baker-seeks-order-for-battery-electrification-of-commuter-trains/

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ToadScoper OP t1_j5wgj6f wrote

Battery trains were only conceptually proposed last summer due to a mandate within a environmental bill to recommend electrification alternatives- no contracts were ever finalized for hybrid service delivery. As it stands, there really is no current plan to electrify the commuter rail

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dpm25 t1_j5wgsml wrote

Battery trains was the baker veto. Legislature called for no new diesel purchases by 2030 per that article.

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samirfreiha t1_j5zysgn wrote

honestly a great veto, battery trains suck ass

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dpm25 t1_j6003w7 wrote

No, the line item veto was an advocation for battery trains.

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