As work on the new parking garage at the MBTA Commuter Rail Station in downtown Salem progresses at a rapid pace, a new platform for boarding trains is being created closer to the intersection of Washington and Bridge Streets so the walk to board the Commuter Rail is not so long. A construction worker in the foreground prepares to lay down a wooden plank for the new platform on Friday afternoon. DAVID LE/Staff photo. 6/20/14.