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''Keolis is contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to operate and maintain the MBTA's Commuter Rail System''<br>
 
''Keolis is contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to operate and maintain the MBTA's Commuter Rail System''<br>
 
''Radio frequencies are licensed to Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority''
 
''Radio frequencies are licensed to Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority''
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''Some remote bases will trasmit a CTCSS tone to eliminate audio feedback in dispatching facilities, however all dispatcher/road
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channels operate in carrier squelch mode.
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|160.3200||S||77.0||Dispatcher||1414||Haverhill Line* (Between Somerville and Wilmington Jct.)/Newburyport & Rockport Line ("Boston East")||2014.09.12 schwab
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|160.3200||S||CSQ||Road channel||014||Boston East/Valley dispatchers (Northside)||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.3200||S||CSQ||Trains||1413||Haverhill Line* (Between Somerville and Wilmington Jct.)/Newburyport & Rockport Line ("Boston East")||2014.09.12 schwab
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|160.5900||S||CSQ||Road channel||032||Boston West dispatcher (Northside)||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.5900||S||77.0||Dispatcher||3232||Lowell Line/Fitchbug Line (from Somerville-Willows Rd., Ayer) ("Boston West")||2014.09.12 schwab
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|160.6950||R||100.0||Cobble Hill||039||Engineering/Trouble Desk/Snow Desk||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.5900||S||CSQ||Trains||32||Lowell Line/Fitchbug Line (from Somerville-Willows Rd., Ayer) ("Boston West")||2014.09.12 schwab
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|160.6950||S||CSQ||MoW||039||Ch.06 Truck-to-Truck||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.6950||R||100.0||Maint of Way||39||Cobble Hill||2014.01.03 schwab
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|160.4100||S||CSQ||Road Channel||020||Worcester Line||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.6950||S||CSQ||MoW||39||Ch.06 Truck-to-Truck||2014.09.12 schwab
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|160.8750||S||D025||Yard Channel||051||North Side (some radios CSQ)||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.4100||S||77.0||Road Channel||2020||Worcester Line (77.0 Hz on base only)||2014.03.09 schwab
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|160.9200||S||CSQ||Road Channel||054||Franklin/Needham/Providence Line (Shared with Amtrak's NE Corridor Road Channel)||2015.12.19
 
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|160.8750||S||D025||Yard Channel||5151||North Side (some radios CSQ)||2014.03.09 schwab
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|161.4600||S||Multi||Mechanical Dept.||090||Multiple transmitter locations||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|160.9200||S||103.5||Road Channel||5454||Franklin/Needham/Attleboro/Providence Line (Shared with Amtrak's NE Corridor Road Channel)||2012.08.03
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|161.4900||S||CSQ||Road channel||092||Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|161.0700||S||CSQ||Yard Channel||6464||South Side & CSX Boston||2014.03.09 schwab
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|160.4700||S||CSQ||Utility channel||024||Misc. use system wide||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|161.4600||S||CSQ||Maint of Way||9090||Multiple transmitter locations||2015.01.06 N1BHH
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|160.2150||S||CSQ||Yard channel||007||Readville||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|161.4900||S||77.0||Dispatcher||9292||Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line||2015.01.24 ecps92
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|161.4900||S||CSQ||Road channel||092||Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|161.4900||S||CSQ||Trains||9292||Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line||2015.01.24 ecps92
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|160.8150||S||CSQ||Mechanical Dept.||047||||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
 
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|161.2650||S||CSQ||Communication & Signal dept||077||Signal testing||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
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|161.2800||S||CSQ||Communications Dept.||078||||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
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|161.4750||S||CSQ||Facilities||091||Boston Engine Circle & Wydett Circle||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
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|161.4150||S||CSQ||Road channel||087||Northside Terminal (Going into effect 2/1/2016)||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
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|160.7250||S||CSQ||Road channel||041||Old Colony dispatcher (Going into effect 2/1/2016)||2015.12.19 RadioManRick
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The Haverhill Line is controlled by the Keolis "Valley" Dispatcher on 160.3200 from 0700-2300, M-F. All other times controlled by Boston East.
 
  
 
== '''[http://www.mbta.com/ Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority]''' ==
 
== '''[http://www.mbta.com/ Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority]''' ==

Revision as of 09:04, 20 December 2015

Amtrak

Track an Amtrak Train

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.2950 R 156.7 Police Boston MA 2015.01.26 ecps92
161.2950 R 88.5 Police Attleboro MA 2012.06.02 ecps92
161.2950 R 88.5 Police Springfield MA
160.6350 S Station Services Boston MA 2012.05.11
160.9200 S 103.5 Ch.02 Road 54 Northeast Corridor 2014.05.20 N1BHH
160.9200 S 146.2 Ch.02 Road 54 Providence RI 2014.07.02 ecps92
160.9200 S CSQ Fault Detectors 54 2013.12.02 ecps92
160.5150 R CSQ Ch.03 Maint of Way Boston MA 2012.12.21 ecps92
160.5150 R ? Ch.03 Maint of Way Attleboro MA
160.4550 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.06.08 ecps92
160.7400 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.06.08 ecps92
160.8150 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.01.15 N1BHH
160.5900 S 77.0 Downeaster
North Station to Wilmington Junction		 2014.02.21 N1BHH
161.1600 D CSQ Pan-Am District 2 Road Base 9470 Downeaster
Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Base side - paired w/161.5200)		 2014.05.20
161.5200 D CSQ Pan-Am District 2 Road Trains 7094 Downeaster
Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Train side - paired w/161.1600)		 2013.03.21

Bay Colony Railroad Co, Braintree MA

  • Bay Colony operates two rail lines in Southeastern Massachusetts, one in Millis and the other in North Dartmouth.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.3050 R Bourne
160.4850 S
160.8000 S
161.2650 S Yard Ops 77 -
161.3550 S

Berkshire Scenic Railroad, Lenox, MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4000 S Operations
161.5050 S Shared with Housatonic Rail
160.3950 S Shared with Housatonic Rail

Central New England Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info -


CSX Transportation

  • The road channel is the primary frequency, all trains/tracks monitor this channel. Defect detectors are on the Road channel as well. To call the dispatcher, crews select the Dispatcher channel for the area they are in, 'Ring up' the dispatcher using DTMF codes, and await a reply on the dispatcher channel, and they will converse there.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.5600 S CSQ NB Dispatcher 30 West of Wilbraham 2014.01.25 schwab
160.6800 S CSQ *NB Dispatcher 38 East of Wilbraham (*NA dispatch desk eliminated) 2014.01.25 schwab
160.8000 S CSQ Boston Line Road Channel 46 Defect Detectors 2013.01.23 schwab
161.0700 S Yard Operations Channel 64 Boston, Framingham, Worcester, W.Springfield
161.1300 Maint of Way 68 -

East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad, East Brookfield MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
152.3000 S -
152.4650 S -
153.0500 S -
173.2250 S -

Fore River Transportation Corp, Quincy MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.3400 S 162.2 Operations 2013.02.20 N1BHH
161.0100 S Hearing activity, unknown tone 2013.02.20 N1BHH

Grafton and Upton Railroad, Marlborough MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2450 S CSQ Operations 2013.12.20 Disp612
160.1475 S New

Housatonic Railroad, Canaan, CT

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.3950 S Road Channel Used in both MA and CT
161.5050 S Road Channel Used in both CT and MA

Keolis Commuter Services

Keolis is contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to operate and maintain the MBTA's Commuter Rail System
Radio frequencies are licensed to Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Some remote bases will trasmit a CTCSS tone to eliminate audio feedback in dispatching facilities, however all dispatcher/road channels operate in carrier squelch mode.

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.3200 S CSQ Road channel 014 Boston East/Valley dispatchers (Northside) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.5900 S CSQ Road channel 032 Boston West dispatcher (Northside) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.6950 R 100.0 Cobble Hill 039 Engineering/Trouble Desk/Snow Desk 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.6950 S CSQ MoW 039 Ch.06 Truck-to-Truck 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.4100 S CSQ Road Channel 020 Worcester Line 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.8750 S D025 Yard Channel 051 North Side (some radios CSQ) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.9200 S CSQ Road Channel 054 Franklin/Needham/Providence Line (Shared with Amtrak's NE Corridor Road Channel) 2015.12.19
161.4600 S Multi Mechanical Dept. 090 Multiple transmitter locations 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.4900 S CSQ Road channel 092 Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.4700 S CSQ Utility channel 024 Misc. use system wide 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.2150 S CSQ Yard channel 007 Readville 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.4900 S CSQ Road channel 092 Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.8150 S CSQ Mechanical Dept. 047 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.2650 S CSQ Communication & Signal dept 077 Signal testing 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.2800 S CSQ Communications Dept. 078 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.4750 S CSQ Facilities 091 Boston Engine Circle & Wydett Circle 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.4150 S CSQ Road channel 087 Northside Terminal (Going into effect 2/1/2016) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
160.7250 S CSQ Road channel 041 Old Colony dispatcher (Going into effect 2/1/2016) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

The MBTA is in the process of building a new radio system. The system is being built by MA/Comm and reportedly will be an EDACS system with Pro Voice Digital Modulation. There have also been rumors that the system will be EDACS with analog voice. All MBTA operations, but not commuter rail, including police will be moved to the new system. It is expected that some UHF capability will be left in the tunnels for use by other public safety agencies.

MBTA Police

Frequency Type Tone Function Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
470.6625 R 131.8 Police Ch.01 Primary 2015.01.06 N1BHH
483.5625 R 131.8 Police Ch.02 2015.01.06 N1BHH

Subway System

  • All transit ops moved to trunk system, UHF system deactivated.
Frequency Type Tone Function Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
470.4125 R 162.2 Red Line
470.6125 R 162.2 Orange Line
470.6375 R 162.2 Green Line
470.6875 R 162.2 Blue Line
472.6375 R ? Silver Line

Bus System

  • All bus operations has been moved to the trunk, frequencies no longer in use
Frequency Type Tone Function Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
472.5875 R 162.2 North North Ops 1
472.6375 R 162.2 North North Ops 2
472.6875 R 162.2 South South Ops
470.6875 R 162.2 Blue Line
472.6375 R ? Silver Line

Inspectors

  • All Inspectors are on the trunk, frequencies below no longer in use
Frequency Type Tone Function Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
31.1400 R 162.2 Inspectors Patched to 472.7375
472.7375 R ? Inspectors Patched to 31.1400

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, Wareham, MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2450 S 71.9 Depot Ops 09 Depot Operations 2015.09.10 jeffkett
160.2450 R ? 09 Hyannis Repeater
160.4250 R 71.9 Dispatch 21 Hyannis Repeater 2012.09.09 jeffkett
160.5600 R ? Maintenance 30 Hyannis Repeater 2012.09.09 jeffkett
161.3850 S 71.9 "Related" to 160.4250 85 Train to Dispatch 2012.09.18 jeffkett
161.5500 S 96

Mass Central Railroad, Palmer, MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.4700 S Road Channel

New England Central Railroad and Connecticut Southern Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4150 S Ch-1 switching and road secondary (defect detectors) 8787 CT & MA
160.7700 S CSQ Road primary 4444 St Albans Dispatcher 2013.11.10
160.9350 S Yard Channel 5555
161.2050 S Former dispatcher channel CT & MA
161.1750 S Yard Channel CT Southern

Pan Am Railways (Guilford Rail System)

Pan Am Railways owns and operates the Springfield Terminal Railway Corp., Boston & Maine Railroad Corp. and the Maine Central Railroad Corp. It owns and operates trackage in CT, MA, ME, NH, NY & VT. Dispatch Office is in North Billerica, MA.

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.1600 D Dispatch to Train Districts 2 and 3 2014.02.12 schwab
161.5200 D Train to Dispatch 2014.09.12 schwab
161.1600 S Talking Defect Detectors See Notes 2014.09.12
161.4000 S Ch.02 Yard/Switch Ops 86 - 2014.09.12
161.2500 S Ch.07 Maine Central Yard Channel Limited use in Mass. 2014.09.22
161.3700 S CSQ Maintenance of Way 84 Reported as Rarely used
161.3100 S Diesel Shop 80 East Deerfield 2014.02.22 schwab
160.2300 S Car Shop 08 East Deerfield 2014.09.22
  • Talking Defect Detectors (Andover, Chelmsford, Shirley, Gardner, Wendell, Charlemont/Zoar, North Adams)

Pioneer Valley Railroad, Westfield MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.0850 S CSQ Ch.01 65 - 2014.09.12 schwab
160.3350 S CSQ Ch.02 15 - 2014.09.12 schwab

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Worcester, MA

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6500 S CSQ F1 Dispatcher 36 Used in CT, MA and RI 2015.06.08
161.1000 S CSQ F2 Yard Channel 66 Used in CT, MA and RI 2015.06.08
160.8900 S CSQ F3 Worcester Freight Office 52 2015.06.08
161.3250 S CSQ F5 Spare Yard Channel 81 2015.06.08

Railway Productions aka Edaville RailRoad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
153.0125 R 71.9 Operations N/A Edvaville RR Ops 2011.11


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