The Northern New England Corridor is one of ten federally designated

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corridors in the

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. The proposed corridor would have allowed passenger trains to travel from Boston, Massachusetts, to

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, in about 4 1/2 hours. In 2004, Congress extended the Northern New England High Speed Rail Corridor from Boston to Springfield, Massachusetts, and

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, and from Springfield to

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. The Boston-Springfield-Albany route would provide a link to the

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, there is no direct passenger rail service between Boston and Montreal. Service from Boston to Portland takes about 2 hours 30 minutes via the ''Downeaster''. There are no trains to Auburn. Service from Boston to Albany via Springfield takes just over 5 hours on the daily ''

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''. The

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already allows speeds of up to , with end-to-end service taking about 1 hour 20 minutes.

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Northern New England Intercity Rail Initiative
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