North South Rail Link
  • A Region Divided Connectivity Capacity Equity Efficiency Sustainability Competitiveness Why Now
  • Alignment Construction Equipment
  • Projects Overview Zurich - Durchmesserlinie Malmo - Citytunneln Leipzig - City-Tunnel Stockholm - Citybanan Ottawa - Confederation Line Gothenburg - Vastlanken London - Crossrail London - Jubilee Extension Oslo - Follo Line New York - East Side Access Philadelphia - Center City Commuter Connection Cambridge & Somerville - Red Line Extension
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North South Rail Link

  • Purpose & Need/
    • A Region Divided
    • Connectivity
    • Capacity
    • Equity
    • Efficiency
    • Sustainability
    • Competitiveness
    • Why Now
  • Design & Construction/
    • Alignment
    • Construction
    • Equipment
  • Comparable Projects/
    • Projects Overview
    • Zurich - Durchmesserlinie
    • Malmo - Citytunneln
    • Leipzig - City-Tunnel
    • Stockholm - Citybanan
    • Ottawa - Confederation Line
    • Gothenburg - Vastlanken
    • London - Crossrail
    • London - Jubilee Extension
    • Oslo - Follo Line
    • New York - East Side Access
    • Philadelphia - Center City Commuter Connection
    • Cambridge & Somerville - Red Line Extension
  • Brief History/
    • Legacy of Bold Investments
    • Two Terminals
    • Rise And Fall Of Highways
    • Land Use Impacts
  • Next Steps/
    • Connect
    • FAQ
    • Learn More
    • News
    • Supporters
    • About
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North South Rail Link

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North South Rail Link

  • Purpose & Need/
    • A Region Divided
    • Connectivity
    • Capacity
    • Equity
    • Efficiency
    • Sustainability
    • Competitiveness
    • Why Now
  • Design & Construction/
    • Alignment
    • Construction
    • Equipment
  • Comparable Projects/
    • Projects Overview
    • Zurich - Durchmesserlinie
    • Malmo - Citytunneln
    • Leipzig - City-Tunnel
    • Stockholm - Citybanan
    • Ottawa - Confederation Line
    • Gothenburg - Vastlanken
    • London - Crossrail
    • London - Jubilee Extension
    • Oslo - Follo Line
    • New York - East Side Access
    • Philadelphia - Center City Commuter Connection
    • Cambridge & Somerville - Red Line Extension
  • Brief History/
    • Legacy of Bold Investments
    • Two Terminals
    • Rise And Fall Of Highways
    • Land Use Impacts
  • Next Steps/
    • Connect
    • FAQ
    • Learn More
    • News
    • Supporters
    • About

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The following resources are available on this site to answer questions and spur discussion.

North South Rail Link Technical Documents

  • Operations Study
  • Schematic Design Report

MBTA Ridership and Service Statistics

  • Ridership and Service Statistics "Blue Book", 2014

Related Projects

  • Green Line Extension
  • South Coast Rail - MassDOT
  • South Coast Rail - Army Corps of Engineers
  • South Station Expansion
  • North Station Expansion
  • New Hampshire Capitol Corridor
  • Northeast Corridor HSR
  • Northern New England Intercity Rail Initiative

Equipment

  • ALP-45DP Locomotive
  • Dual-Powered Locomotives ALP-45DP for the North American Railways

Massachusetts Program for Mass Transportation (PMT)

  • Full Document (257 pages)
  • North South Rail Link excerpts

Regional Economics

  • The Growing Distance Between People and Jobs in Metropolitan America, The Brookings Institution, 2015
  • Reconnecting Massachusetts Gateway Cities, full report (67 pages), Mass Inc and The Brookings Institution, 2007
  • Reconnecting Massachusetts Gateway Cities, excerpts (5 pages), Mass Inc and The Brookings Institution, 2007
  • Massachusetts Economic Target Areas Map 2012
  • Hub or Cul-de-Sac, Frederick S. Breimyer, Ph.D, May 2000

Transportation Acronyms and Glossary

  • SSX DEIR Acronyms and Glossary
 
   

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