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[KevinKorell]

Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, 1/12/22:

 

 

   The case for commuter rail in N.H. got worse, not better, in the last seven years    

 

 

The case for taxpayer-subsidized commuter rail from Manchester to Boston has grown weaker, not stronger, in the seven years since the state released its major study of the proposed Capitol Corridor project. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Manchester, NH Ink Link, 1/18/22:

 

 

   Aldermen approve layover site for commuter rail line    

 

 

On Tuesday night, Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved a layover location for the proposed MBTA commuter rail extension into Nashua and Manchester.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Opinion in New Hampshire Journal, 3/14/22:

 

 

 

   Remote Work Makes Commuter Rail Even Less Viable  

 

 

 

A commuter rail line from New Hampshire to Boston would need increasing taxpayer subsidies to serve a shrinking number of riders, recent data on transit ridership and commuting patterns suggest. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

New Hampshire Union-Leader, via Yahoo! News, 3/21/22:

 

 

   A proposed spending ban could stop commuter rail in its tracks    

 

 

The state Legislature could determine the life expectancy of a proposed commercial rail project from Boston into southern New Hampshire with pending legislation that would ban spending state money on the project.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Also posted in Miscellaneous forum due to mention of MBTA issues.
 
From Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy,  8/2/22:
 

   New Hampshires chosen commuter rail partner has a dismal safety record  

 
 
 
If you planned to start a new enterprise and hire someone to run it, youd probably avoid applicants who racked up disastrous safety records and massive financial deficits on their way to being investigated and placed under remedial safety orders by the feds.

 
 
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[KevinKorell]

Op-Ed in St. Anselm Crier, Manchester, NH, 10/20/22:

 

 

  The Commuter Rail should extend its Boston lines into New Hampshire    

 

 

For New Hampshire residents, there are two main ways to travel to Boston; buses from Manchester, Concord, or Londonderry, or driving their own cars. Both options can be time-consuming, expensive, and impractical, especially for daily commutes.

 

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[KevinKorell]

New Hampshire Business Review,  12/1/22:

 

   MBTA should extend T to Manchester, report says  

 

 

A Boston-based advocacy group has issued a report that makes the case for transforming part of the Bay State’s commuter rail service into a regional network that would be electrified, have frequent all-day service and extend to Manchester, New Hampshire.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sounds like they're inching away....

 

From The Center Square, 12/22/22:

 

 

   New Hampshire panel axes funding for regional commuter rail  

 

 

The New Hampshire Executive Council has nixed a plan to connect Boston's commuter rail system to the Granite State, which some have described as a "boondoggle" for the state's taxpayers.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WCAX-TV, Channel 3 in Burlington, VT, 1/31/23:

 

 

   Renewed calls for commuter rail from NH representative  

 

 

New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster said there’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make commuter rail in New Hampshire a reality.

 

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[KevinKorell]

New Hampshire Union-Leader via Yahoo! News, 2/26/23:

 

 

     Boston to Manchester rail study: $782 million to build, $17 million a year to run  

 

 

Restoring commuter rail service from Boston through Manchester would cost $782 million to build and $17 million a year to operate, according to a new draft study done for the Department of Transportation.

 

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