east-west passenger rail

After two years of study, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is about to release a report that contains no recommendation on building an east-west passenger rail link.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced three final options for passenger rail service between Pittsfield and Boston.

    A major development is expected next week in the long running effort to expand passenger rail service in western Massachusetts.

Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey has unveiled new legislation calling for the creation of a massive intercity rail network across the Northeast and the rest of the country.

     Advocates for linking western and eastern Massachusetts by passenger rail are critical of a new report that estimates the costs would be high and the ridership relatively low. 

The restoration of Union Station in Springfield is seen as a catalyst for the increase in rail ridership in western Massachusetts.  The project was also the spark for a much anticipated study into expanded train service for the region.

  A much-anticipated feasibility study on east-west passenger rail service in Massachusetts has been delayed. 

    A new boarding platform for train passengers at Springfield’s Union Station may be open in time for the busy holiday travel season.

      The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would pay people to move to western Massachusetts.

     The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is examining six options for east-west passenger rail.   Already some of the scenarios appear to be nonstarters.