North Atlantic Rail

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.[1]

The first phase, costing $23.5B, would:

  1. Modernize the New Haven Line from New Haven to Manhattan, completing improvements to make the journey time shorter
  2. Complete the East-West rail link between Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts
  3. Double track and electrify the Danbury and Waterbury branches, as well as the Hartford Line in Connecticut
  4. Extend the Danbury Branch to Pittsfield, Massachusetts
  5. Modernize LIRR service between the Oyster Bay and Greenport branches
  6. Create a new electrified commuter rail line from Concord, New Hampshire, to Boston
  7. Create fast and frequent high speed rail service between Kingston, Rhode Island, and Boston
  8. Upgrade the Valley Flyer from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Brattleboro, Vermont
  9. Electrify the Newburyport/Rockport, Haverhill, Fairmount and Lowell Lines in Massachusetts

References
  1. Castillo, Alfonso A. (May 9, 2021). "200 mph train from NYC to Long Island to Boston proposed". Newsday. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

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