Video from RIDOT showing details of the new Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station and Bus which is currently under construction.
Category - Pawtucket-Central Falls Station
Greater City ProvidenceThe Valley Breeze: Brodie envisions ‘mini city’ rising in train station district
The Valley Breeze reports: Companies interested in the city’s planned 150-acre transit hub range from residential and corporate developers to start-up manufacturers and light industrial companies.
PBN: RIDOT accepting proposals for Pawtucket commuter rail station
State transportation officials this week started accepting proposals from construction firms to design and build a new commuter rail station to serve Pawtucket and Central Falls.
WPRI: Construction underway to new commuter rail station
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation kicked off construction Monday morning for the Pawtucket Central Falls Commuter Rail Station.
Jef NickersonCityLab: For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail?
Dozens of Amtrak and commuter trains pass through the two forlorn Rhode Island mill cities of Central Falls and Pawtucket, every day without stopping.
PBN: Long-sought Pawtucket-Central Falls commuter rail station gets $13.1M boost
A long-discussed plan to expand passenger rail service to Pawtucket and Central Falls got a boost on Wednesday from a $13.1 million federal TIGER grant which will help build a new commuter rail station here, something...
Rhode Island Assembly, Speeds Approval for Parking Garage, No Money for Commuter Rail Station
In wee-hours of Saturday morning, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a bill to speed the construction of a parking garage in Providence, but failed to provide funding for a proposed commuter rail station in...
ProJo: Pawtucket, Central Falls seeking rail station
The Department of Transportation late last month applied for a $14.5-million federal grant for the project, which would be built between Dexter and Conant Streets and cost an estimated $40 million.
ABC 6 Video: Pawtucket-Central Falls Commuter Rail Station
Pawtucket and Central Falls are a step closer to having a commuter rail stop on the Providence - Boston MBTA line. Last night, at a public meeting hosted by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the...
Pawtucket-Central Falls Commuter Rail Station Public Meeting – January 22, 2015
You’re invited to attend a Rhode Island Department of Transportation & the City of Pawtucket/City of Central Falls Public Meeting concerning the future Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter rail station!
The Valley Breeze: Momentum building for Pawtucket train station
Development of a future commuter rail station in the city’s Barton Street neighborhood, once little more than a dream, is now a good possibility within the next few years, said state officials last week. City...
Pawtucket Commuter Rail Station Public Meeting – June 13, 2013
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the City of Pawtucket invite members of the community to a Public Meeting on Thursday June 13, 2013, to learn more about the Pawtucket Commuter Rail Station...
Aaron M. Renn: For Commuter Rail, Better Service to Boston, Not Southward Expansion
MBTA Commuter Rail passing under Providence Place. Photo (cc) Sean_Marshall. Rhode Island recently spent a large sum of money to extend MBTA commuter rail service south to TF Green Airport and Wickford Junction. Both of...
Aaron RennPawtucket train station update
A couple recent newspaper articles about the future of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station: [alert type=”muted”] The Providence Journal: Court battle over train station is on hold The Phoenix: Truce...
Demolition of the Pawtucket train station started today!
[box style=”red”]UPDATE: The Pawtucket Foundation has posted some updated information on their website.[/alert] PADS has the full story. Earlier today Bilray Demolition Co. started demolishing a portion of...
Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station threatened
The future of Pawtucket-Central Falls train station has been the subject of much debate over the last several years. Currently the owner, Oscar “Ike” Seelbinder, has plans to demolish a large portion of the...
