Boston-to-Manchester rail study puts $782m price tag on construction
Fares could cover up to 82 percent of operating cost, study says
New Hampshire Business Review
March 1, 2023
“ An 80-page draft report by the state Department of Transportation concludes that bring commuter rail service from Boston through Manchester would cost nearly $782 million to build and $17 million a year to operate.
The report says that fares could cover 82 percent of the operating budget and concludes an annual state taxpayer subsidy could be as low as $200,000 and as high as $3.5 million, depending on how many use the service.
The report assumes host communities would spend up to $63 million to build new train stations south of Granite Street in Manchester, a layover train facility in Manchester and a train station on Crown Street near downtown Nashua...”
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