NH Commuter Rail

The Nashua Telegraph published an article today focusing on the ongoing study for rail station sites in Nashua. Three sites are discussed in the article, including the former Dow Chemical Plant, with the possibility of a parking lot on the Hudson side of the river, connected to the rail station by catwalk.
Many local leaders reiterate [...]

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The Nashua Telegraph has published an editorial entitled “Innovation driving mass transit plans“. Here is an exerpt:
Gov. John Lynch said last week that it may be some years before the system is up and running, but progress is being made. The cost to the state for the rail extension could be around $70 million, and [...]

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Recently the blog underwent a major software upgrade.
A new edition to the blog is the Fact Sheet page. This new page is an easy to read web version of a Fact Sheet published by the NHRTA last month. It contains a wealth of information regarding project goals, financial information, project progress and it’s future goals. [...]

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NHBR.com has recieved a letter from a Eugene Skoropowski, the former chief railroad services officer for the MBTA. In the letter explains how the expiremental service in the early 80’s was very succesful.
On weekends, the one round-trip left Concord at a more civilized hour, allowing visitors and families to take the train and spend a [...]

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Boston.com reports that “riders flock to the T in record numbers”.
In a world of $4-a-gallon gasoline prices, grocery bills that break the family piggy bank, a seemingly endless home foreclosure crisis, and rising anxiety about the unsettled state of the US economy, there is at least one winner: the MBTA.
In fiscal 2008, according to numbers [...]

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There has been many articles posted from various sources over the past month pertaining to the Commuter Rail Project.
Derry News - Commuter rail advocates find they have ally in governor
“Re-establishing rail in New Hampshire is critical to our future economic growth as a state,” Lynch said. “It will help protect the environment and improve the [...]

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The Tampa Tribune, a Florida news paper, is advocating for more train service, not only in their own state, but nationially as well.
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville, head of a House subcommittee on railroads, pipelines and hazardous materials, says California, Texas and Illinois are already lining up for rail projects.
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New Hampshire has put out an official press release indicating that Governor Lynch has signed into law HB1404. HB1404 was a bill that caps the state’s liability at $75 million.
“Re-establishing rail in New Hampshire is critical to our future economic growth as a state. It will help protect the environment and improve the overall quality [...]

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An article on MSNBC.com has provided some important statistics about our nations transit systems.
Transportation experts who have pushed mass transit since the 1970s are getting their wish as soaring gas prices persuade Americans to abandon their cars for buses and trains in record numbers. But as the adage says, be careful what you wish for.
Mass [...]

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An article posted at Progressive Railroading highlights the fuel efficiency of using rail over trucks to transport freight.
Since 1980, railroads have reduced fuel consumption by 48 billion gallons and carbon dioxide emissions by 538 million tons — making railroads about four times more fuel efficient than trucks, the AAR said.
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