MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

[F-Line to Dudley]

I'd like to see daily Boston to Greenfield trains instituted sooner. Greenfield is an economically depressed area, a lovely town but a lot of homeless people, and the trains would give it a much needed shot in the arm. Up until the 1970s, Greenfield had a lot of good paying jobs at mills and factories, but of course they are long gone.

So far they're only studying the Northern Tier/Fitchburg Line alignment for that, which is a billion-dollar born loser that definitely won't happen by 2045. The L-shaped alignment BOS-SPG-GFD would be plug-and-play, but they haven't pivoted to that yet.