Although many passengers and MBTA officials areenthusiastic about the new trains, some MBTAemployees said they are skeptical about theimprovements.
"Nice cloth seats for all the people to cutup," said an employee who asked to remainanonymous. "With all the breakdowns and delaysthey have now, can you imagine what it'll be likewith the whole system computerized?"
But one passenger, Rondee Albert, made a pointof telling her son Benjamin "to be careful withhis popcorn" because the new train is "like amuseum."
Kilmartin said she felt passengers would notvandalize the trains because they "make peoplefeel better about public transportation."
But the anonymous MBTA employee said he feltthe trains were too expensive and "a waste totaxpayer money."
That did not seem to bother Relling. "If thepoliticians spend the money here, it's a lot lessfor them to steal," he said.
Not all passengers are happy with the newtrains, however. Steve Medeiros, alarger-than-average man, said he hoped the MBTAwould enlarge the seats on their next trains.
"They need bigger seats," he said. "I hadtrouble fitting in.