Vermian wrote:Is it possible that with the pending restoration of the long awaited south coast rail that RI would entertain the idea of rebuilding the Sokonnet River bridge and having MBTA service extended to Newport from the proposed Battleship Cove station?
Newport could possibly the be the best destination this side of Manhattan for passengers to alight and not need an automobile.
GP40MC1118 wrote:Does the phrase "snowball's chance in hell" ring familiar?!
The cost to replace a drawbridge and upgrade the track would be astronomical. Bad enough
the present cost of SOCO Rail now without this. Plus you'd have to rehab the Taunton to Attleboro.
The anti-train nuts in Norton would go postal...
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SOCO11 wrote:Fall River Herald News posted online (not sure if in print edition) that the state plans to restore tracks in Fall River to the state line.
http://heraldnews.com/news/20170906/fal ... inactivity
The NIMBYs are out. There has been a lot of encroachment and development along the waterfront near the tracks. There have been articles already about people losing their gardens, landscaping and pools. A lot of those folks already know something is happening from the brush clearing and and surveying. The article references a neighborhood meeting. It only mentions Gold Medal as potential customer but I have seen activity round the site where Saltine Warrior plans to unload barges to rail. I am not sure what potential use there would be in going all the way to state line unless that is to provide future Newport connection.
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:GM's siding has been brush-cleared. Turn off 3D on the main menu to get the 2017 imagery and you'll get a clearer view. What's still unknown is whether the tank farm has a runaround track and if that's the reason for going to the state line. Everything down there is overgrown shoulder-high and impossible to tell what's on the ground.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is asking the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to run express commuter trains between Providence and Boston, but the agency says it would be difficult.
Express service is not currently offered on the Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said it would be difficult to introduce express service before South Station in Boston is expanded because the trains would need room to arrive and depart.
Amtrak offers its Acela service between Providence and Boston. But Rhode Island officials say the northbound express trains don’t run frequently enough, especially in the morning when more Amtrak trains are headed south toward Connecticut and New York.
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