BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced on Monday that $3.5 million was secured by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to continue advancing West-East Rail.
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The funding was awarded to the Rail and Transit Division and will be used to support the Boston-Albany Corridor Service Development Plan (SDP), an essential step in expanding and enhancing train service connecting Boston and Albany, New York, through Springfield. The award was provided through both the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Corridor Identification and Development Program (Corridor ID).
The Corridor ID Program is an intercity passenger rail planning and development program that will help guide intercity passenger rail developments throughout the country and create a pipeline of intercity passenger rail projects ready for implementation and funding through the FRA’s Federal-State Partnership-National Network Program. The state also won $37 million in 2024 for the Springfield Area Track Reconfiguration Project to design track, signal, and infrastructure improvements at Springfield Union Station.
These upgrades will ultimately increase rail capacity and reduce congestion, which is part of the broader Compass Rail vision. Compass Rail is made up of existing and proposed West-East and North-South services that intersect at a hub in Springfield. The goal of Compass Rail is to enhance mobility, expand transportation choice, and support economic development goals through transportation investments…