Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports
Helping to move rail and port traffic through New England, the Maritimes, and eastern Quebec.
A news and information service about railroads, ports, intermodal facilities, and government environment.
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25th, August 2010
Marine Highway: 6 proposals in Northeast. * PW: 2Q10 improves, except in intermodal.* SLR: Three trackwork awards in three states (Subscribe for full story.)
30th, July 2010
MMA: MDOT files Offer of Financial Assisting, willing to pay $18 million for the abandoned line. ST Massachusetts: NS and ST may be preparing a proposal to move ethanol to Revere. (Subscribe for full story.)
15th, July 2010
Bridgeport: City hears case for moving terminal to Coastal, which might go bankrupt otherwise. CSXT: Rail users on the Massena line express concern about a decrease in service. Amtrak Maine: USDOT releases funds for track construction to Brunswick. OCS special to Freeport. PW/ST/Seaview: Ford autoracks continue to pour into Davisville. (Subscribe for full stories.)
What is the Atlantic Northeast?
This term denotes the region of North America containing the six New England states, the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, as well as Quebec east of Montreal and south of the St.Lawrence River. The region has an economic and cultural unity shaped in part by its transportation. Almost entirely surrounded by water, it has just three land choke points at its western boundary through which it is connected to the North American continent: Montreal, Albany, and New York.
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