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Article: Rockland to restore historic train station

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ROCKLAND - Trains will be arriving and departing Rockland station by summer in conjunction with some big safety improvements to the transportation system.

Crossing lights will be flashing and train whistles blowing when all is said and done.

On time for the tourist season, a temporary platform will be built near the station to board and disembark passengers, said Tracy Perez, state Department of Transportation policy specialist. A state team is assessing the work that needs to be done to restore the station, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since Feb. 7, 1978.

The $1 million rehabilitation of the station, which was built in 1917, requires a "higher standard" of ...

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