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Feds back ambitious plan to speed up Northeast rail service

(Source: Associated Press, December 17, 2016)

PHILADELPHIA — Federal railroad regulators endorsed an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years by shoring up crumbling infrastructure, running more trains and building new tracks that would allow speeds of up to 220 mph on a stretch of the Washington-Boston route.

Full story: Taunton Daily Gazette

Monday, December 19, 2016

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