Springfield-Holyoke-Northampton-Greenfield passenger trains a go for summer
MASSLIVE (February 4, 2019) – Expanded passenger rail service north of Springfield to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield is still on track for this summer.
The estimated start date is June, said Timothy W. Brennan, executive director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, following a meeting this week with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Construction work on the Knowledge Corridor along the Connecticut River — including replacing ties and repairing bridges — might push that start date back to July, but no later, Brennan said he was assured in meetings this week.
That timing matches up with a separate $8.2 million Massachusetts-funded project to renovate and make handicapped accessible Platform C at Union Station. That work is expected to be completed this spring.
