(Source: Boston.com, September 23, 2019)
BOSTON — The MBTA is doubling down on double-decker commuter rail cars. The transit agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a deal Monday to buy 80 new bi-level coaches, as part of a plan to significantly increase the number of double-deckers cars in its fleet over the next decade in order to increase overall capacity. Commuter rail ridership increased more than 21 percent between 2012 and 2018, official said.
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