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RAIL AMERICA WANTS TO BRING BACK
A PASSENGER RAIL TRAIN THAT
WOULD ONCE AGAIN MAKE PALMER A
MAJOR HUB.
22NEWS REPORTER YOOJIN CHO WAS
THERE TODAY WHEN THE DEMO TRAIN
PULLED UP TO THE STATION. SHE IS
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
MANY PEOPLE SAY A 30-MINUTE
TRAIN RIDE IS MUCH BETTER THAN
SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND WASTING
GAS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
RAIL AMERICA WANTS TO OFFER.
THEY WANT A NEW PASSENGER RAIL
TRAIN THAT WILL GO FROM
CONNECTICUT TO VERMONT, MAKING
STOPS IN PALMER AND AMHERST.
IT'S THE SOUND THAT YOU DON'T
HEAR ANYMORE... A TRAIN PASSING
THROUGH PALMER. BUT SOME PEOPLE
TO CHANGE THAT, AND THEY
DEMONSTRATED THEIR PROPOSED
ROUTE ON THURSDAY.
THIS PASSENGER RAIL WOULD USE
PALMER AS A HUB AND CONNECT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
CONNECTICUT TO AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS, THEN ALL THE WAY
TO BURLINGTON, VERMONT.
IF I CAN USE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S
REASONABLY ACCESIBLE TO ME...
WILL NOT TAKE ME TOO MUCH MORE
TIME THAN IF I WERE TO USE MY
CAR, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
THIS IS A VERY AUTHENTIC PLACE
TO BE, THIS TRAIN STATION. IT
ONCE WAS VERY POPULAR. A LOT OF
OUR CUSTOMERS COME IN AND
REQUEST THAT. ARE THEY EVER
GOING TO OPEN THIS TRAIN STATION
BACK UP FOR THAT TRAVEL? YOU
HAVE TO GO TO SPRINGFIELD NOW.
AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, BRINGING A
RAIL SERVICE BACK MEANS BRINGING
BACK FOND MEMORIES.
I GOT ON A PASSENGER TRAIN IN
NORTH MANCHESTER. IT TOOK US
ALL THE WAY TO BOSTON FOR THE
RED SOX - YANKEES GAME. I WAS
ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD AT THE
TIME.
I RODE THE RAILS BEFORE FROM
NORTH CAROLINA TO NEW YORK THEN
TO MASSACHUSETTS. IN FACT I RODE
THE RAILS TO GET ENGAGED TO MY
WIFE.
SUPPORTERS OF THE PROJECT SAY
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
SERVICE IN PLACE IN THE NEXT 3
YEARS... BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO
WORK WITH THE OWNERS OF THE
TRACKS AND CONTACT THE