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{{short description|United States high-speed rail proposal}} |
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{{Use American English|date=May 2021}} |
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The '''North Atlantic Rail''' is a proposed [[high-speed railway]] to connect [[New York City]] to [[Boston]] in one hour, 40 minutes. The proposed railway would run across [[Long Island]] and tunnel under the [[Long Island Sound]]. The project, consisting of two phases, is estimated to cost a total of $105 billion, which would be among the most expensive public works projects in United States history, and take 20 years to complete.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Castillo |first1=Alfonso A. |title=200 mph train from NYC to Long Island to Boston proposed |work=[[Newsday]] |date=2021-05-09 |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/north-atlantic-rail-initiative-1.50240116 |language=en |access-date=2021-05-10 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
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The first phase, costing $23.5B, would: |
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# Modernize the [[New Haven Line]] from [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] to [[Manhattan]], completing improvements to make the journey time shorter |
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# Complete the East-West rail link between Boston and [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] |
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# Double track and electrify the [[Danbury Branch|Danbury]] and [[Waterbury Branch|Waterbury]] branches, as well as the [[Hartford Line]] in [[Connecticut]] |
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# Extend the Danbury Branch to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] |
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# Modernize [[LIRR]] service between the [[Oyster Bay Branch|Oyster Bay]] and [[Greenport Branch|Greenport]] branches |
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# Create a new electrified commuter rail line from [[Concord, New Hampshire]], to Boston |
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# Create fast and frequent high speed rail service between [[Kingston, Rhode Island]], and Boston |
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# Upgrade the ''[[Valley Flyer (Amtrak train)|Valley Flyer]]'' from Springfield, Massachusetts, to [[Brattleboro, Vermont]] |
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# Electrify the [[Newburyport/Rockport Line|Newburyport/Rockport]], [[Haverhill Line|Haverhill]], [[Fairmount Line|Fairmount]] and [[Lowell Line]]s in Massachusetts |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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== Further reading == |
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* {{Cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Anthony |title=Is This High-Speed Train the First Megaproject of the Biden Era? |work=Bloomberg|date=2021-02-17 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/the-big-dreams-of-a-nyc-to-boston-bullet-train |language=en |df=mdy-all }} |
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{{refend}} |
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== External links == |
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* {{official|northatlanticrail.org}} |
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[[Category:Proposed railway lines in Massachusetts]] |
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