By Christian MilNeil, Streetsblog MASS;
MassDOT has dramatically increased ridership projections and shortlisted three final service alternatives in its study of potential new passenger rail service between Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, and Boston.
For the past year and a half, state rail planners, a public advisory committee, and consultants from WSP have studied ways to improve passenger rail service between Boston and Pittsfield by way of Worcester and Springfield – the state’s second- and third-most populous cities, respectively.