President Joe Biden’s promise to improve the nation’s infrastructure has renewed interest in the decades-old idea of a high-speed railroad connecting New York and Boston, possibly through a 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound.
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A new proposal has been made for a decades-old high-speed rail corridor that would connect Boston to Manhattan through Long Island and Connecticut. The railway would cut travel time to an hour and a half.
The plan, called the North Atlantic Rail, would improve the current train lines in New England before construction on faster railways begins.
The high-speed rail would start in Manhattan and run parallel with the Long Island Expressway before jutting north to Port Jefferson and taking a 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound to Bridgeport, making stops in Hartford and Providence before ending the trek in Boston.
High-speed rail through CT could finally happen
Tom Condon, By Tom CondonThe CT MirrorThe CT Mirror
Feb. 8, 2021
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North Atlantic Rail, a privately planned high-speed rail project, would transform New England transportation. The $100 billion-plus project is vying for federal infrastructure dollars and was planned at the University of Pennsylvania with Connecticut officials.North Atlantic RailShow MoreShow Less
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Caltrain Station at King Street and 4th Street on July 9 in San Francisco, Calif. California has rolled out its vision for high-speed trains between San Jose and San Francisco, plotting a 30 or so minute ride on what would be one of the busiest stretches of the state’s proposed 520-mile rail system. The California High Speed Rail Authority is calling for 220-mph trains, coming from the Central Valley, to merge onto the Caltrain commuter line for a 49-mile jaunt up the Peninsula.Santiago Mejia / The San Francisco ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Published February 05. 2021 12:20AM
Rebecca Lurye, The Hartford Courant
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin will help lead a private initiative to drive a massive, regional economy spanning New York and New England by establishing high-speed rail service between Manhattan and Boston.
Bronin is joining North Atlantic Rail as a co-chair of the three-year-old program to create a seven-state “mega-region” in the Northeast, with rail networks linking major metros and mid-sized cities like Hartford and Providence at speeds up to 225 miles per hour.
Travel to New York would take 1 hour 5 minutes from New Haven and 1 hour 40 minutes from Boston, according to North Atlantic Rail, which estimates the three-phase project would cost $105 billion.