Nearly every transportation project in the State of Connecticut has been postponed indefinitely. Included in that is the CDOT fleet replacement and Phase III of the Springfield Line. Phase III was everything North of Windsor and the new stations.
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DutchRailnut wrote:well there is this governor who spends money like a drunk sailor............ nuff said.That is insulting to the sailor.
Backshophoss wrote:ConnDOT will NOT be involved with the Greenfield Ma service,that is MassDOT's problem,recycling some stored MBB coaches and F40's.Armory layover is shared CDOT/Amtrak, but primarily MassDOT-funded because CDOT can't pay across the state line and that was considered fair division of costs for MA not having to pay much at all for the spoils of the track work south of the border. It's been MassDOT's unwillingness to pay that's kept it from advancing to design, so too many Hartford Line trains have to short-turn in Hartford for the first several years from lack of layover space. MassDOT cannot hope to advance its own Knowledge Corridor service without paying what it agreed to for this layover, so all talk is moot until they get this moving.
The Layup yard in Springfield will be a ConnDOT/MassDOT "shared" project/problem.
asull85 wrote:Nearly every transportation project in the State of Connecticut has been postponed indefinitely. Included in that is the CDOT fleet replacement and Phase III of the Springfield Line. Phase III was everything North of Windsor and the new stations.The governor is laying this out to see if the 2018 legislature that starts its session in February will come up with more money (ie: gas tax increase, vehicle mileage tax, tolls, ect:) to pay for all of this. Bonding for all of this is going to cost a lot more money because the states bond rating is in the dumper. We may see how all of this plays out by summer if were lucky. Another interesting year ahead.
lordsigma12345 wrote:New Hartford line website http://www.hartfordline.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;I wish their damn map showed "Amtrak Connection to Boston and Albany". But it doesn't.
Greg Moore wrote:Part of the reason we need a separate, dedicated ALB-BOS train.This shouldn't be hard to do. There's not very much freight traffic on CSX during the day from what I've been reading
Oh and a unicorn while I'm wishing for stuff.
Rockingham Racer wrote:It's pretty much a funding issue.Greg Moore wrote:Part of the reason we need a separate, dedicated ALB-BOS train.This shouldn't be hard to do. There's not very much freight traffic on CSX during the day from what I've been reading
Oh and a unicorn while I'm wishing for stuff.