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Article: United States: State grants $26 million to improve rail line.
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- November 3, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
The state Bond Commission approved $26 million Friday for the design of a double-track rail on the existing New Haven-Hartford-Springfield NHHS line, according to a spokesperson for Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
Amtrak currently runs passenger and freight trains along the 62-mile line, but the development of double-tracking will allow for an efficient commuter rail that will take some of the load off of other modes of transportation, according to Kevin Nursick, spokesperson for Connecticut's Department of Transportation.
"The NHHS line will serve commuters traveling between the towns and cities along the often crowded Interstate 91 ...
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