PALMER — Advocates for a future Palmer rail stop are afraid their “town of seven railroads” is getting left behind by the state’s west-east rail plans. MassDOT plans to add new west-east Amtrak train ...

SPRINGFIELD — East-west passenger rail connecting all of western and central Massachusetts to Boston — without the traffic-clogged MassPike — is the region’s number one economic development priority.

Congressman Richard Neal speaking at a news conference Monday, April 22, surrounded by state and local officials as he and others highlighted ongoing projects that make up the state's effort to expand ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal gave an update Monday on the progress of the West-East Rail project to expand passenger rail service west of Worcester. Neal reiterated the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – West-East Rail, a project underway to offer commuters service between western Massachusetts to Boston has reached a new milestone on Tuesday. The Healey-Driscoll ...

News that a Philadelphia-area transit agency is cancelling its contract with a Springfield rail car factory is causing concern for one union representing electrical workers there. The Southeastern ...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s five-year capital improvement plan includes $123 million for West-East Rail, most of which would go toward development of tracks between Springfield ...