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[KevinKorell]

WMUR-TV, 9-ABC in Manchester, NH, 3/1/23:

 

 

    Study estimates cost of building commuter rail from Boston to Manchester at $782M    

 

 

A new study from New Hampshire's Department of Transportation says constructing a commuter rail line from Manchester to Boston would cost just under $800 million.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WMUR-TV, 9-ABC in Manchester, NH, 8/30/23:

 

 

  Craig says she will bring commuter rail to New Hampshire if elected governor      

 

 

On the Democratic side of the race for governor of New Hampshire, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig says she can deliver on the issue of commuter rail.

 

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[KevinKorell]

InDepthNH.org,  9/19/24:

 

 

   NH Commuter Rail: A Windham Man’s Dream    

 

 

Peter Griffin loves community service. He has 50 years of volunteer experience in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He just stepped down as town moderator in Windham after 30 years.  Within all these years of volunteering, he was the past president of the New Hampshire Railroad Revitalization Association started in 1992 with the goal to “upgrade and restore the rail connections for both freight and passenger rail between New Hampshire and Massachusetts.” The association was abandoned after the prospect of $5 million of federal money being provided to study the feasibility of extending rail into New Hampshire and there wasn’t a perceived need any more for the association.

 

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