Travel & Congestion
North Atlantic Rail will facilitate travel and ease congestion throughout the region, enhancing people’s quality of life and bringing back millions of hours of lost productivity.
North Atlantic Rail will provide frequent and reliable service between New York and Boston while building out regional rail networks serving mid-sized cities in New England and New York.
Collectively, this will create a network that provides transformational mobility, economic development, and climate resilience benefits for the entire seven-state megaregion.
Key Mobility & Access Improvements
Services
Travel to New York City from Boston in 1 hour and 40 minutes
Subway-like passenger rail service all day in Boston and New York City and their immediate suburbs
Half-hourly frequency to “Gateway Cities” left out of the innovation economies in MA, RI, and CT
Frequent service on rail links to T.F. Green, Bradley, Manchester, Portland and MacArthur, Logan, JFK, and LaGuardia Airports
Infrastructure
Electrification of the MBTA commuter rail system as well as the MetroNorth segments not currently electrified
Construction of the North-South Rail Link (NSRL), connecting both metro Boston and New England
Connection of New England directly to Long Island
Creation of new, direct routes from Hartford to Providence, Manchester to Boston, etc.
Implementation of overdue infrastructure and resiliency improvements reflecting the key priorities of each state
Restoration and addition of new stations throughout the region
Deployment of state of the art passenger rail vehicles for passengers across the seven states
Sample Travel Time Impacts
*times shown in minutes
