T to vote on Rail Link To TF Green airport in Rhode Island

[jack615]

Vote set on T link to R.I. airport

Train service would make it 75-minute trip

By Noah Bierman

Globe Staff / September 10, 2009

The MBTA board is set to vote today on a long-awaited contract to extend Boston’s commuter rail service to the T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island - which should make it easier for Massachusetts travelers to use the popular alternative to Logan International Airport.

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[Acela150]

And the vote was???

Stephen

 

[the_traveler]

I'm not sure, but it's still a long way off. Last I saw the site a month or 2 ago, the "bridge" to the terminals was only 1/2 built, and nothing much has been done to the station site!

 

[KayBee]

And the vote was???
Stephen

Commuter rail service from Boston will extend to Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport in 2011, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board of directors voted Thursday.

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[DET63]

Comment in response (link in KayBee's post):

This Green Airport service needs to be taken with a big grain of salt. The concept is to use existing trains with existing cars and simply send them on a one hour loop to Wickford and back. In order to do this, Aloisi is now proposing to skip over some Massachusetts stops in order to make up some lost time on its way the the Airport.
THERE IS NO WAY THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WOULD EVER AGREE TO THIS CONCEPT, AT LEAST I HOPE SO!

Everybody needs to understand that there are no new trains or cars and that this is a commuter service from Rhode Island to Boston and back and not a true rail link to the planes at Green, unless you want to stay overnight at a hotel in Warwick.

Other commenters seem to be equally skeptical of the plan.