New England: Woonsocket-Providence passenger rail on track for spring 2020

By LAUREN CLEM, Staff Writer, The Valley Breeze; October 10, 2018

WOONSOCKET – The Boston Surface Railroad Company’s plans to bring passenger rail service to Woonsocket are on track, with the first trains scheduled to depart 1 Depot Square for Providence in spring of 2020, according to company founder Vincent Bono.

In August, the company purchased its first trains, two streamliner locomotives acquired at auction from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The trains are now headed for Seaview Transportation in the Quonset Business Park, where they’ll be reconditioned and prepared for the tracks.

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