More action on the return of a passenger rail link connecting Boston again to Canada by passenger rail. Here are two recent articles on two different options. BOSTON - PORTLAND - MONTREAL Advocates of an overnight passenger train that would connect Montreal with Boston, Portland and Old Orchard Beach have about two months to reach an agreement with freight railroads that own the route if they want the service to start next summer. If the group misses that deadline, it will try for the summer of 2015, said Francois Rebello, the Montreal entrepreneur behind the project, called the “hotel train” or “night train.” “We hope we can still do it by next summer, but it’s not the end of the world if we have to wait,” Rebello said Thursday after meeting in Montreal with more than 30 supporters. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Montreal-to-Boston_night_train_gains_steam_.html?pagenum=full Here is a link to a schedule when there actually was passenger rail between Portland and Montreal. ...
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