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Articles mentioning both Amtrak and Holyoke

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1. CTrail ridership in Springfield totals 11K after first year; Union Station welcomed 2.5 million passengers
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 17 2019 Transportation
  
  ...h new expanded service north of Springfield to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield through a pilot program on Amtrak trains funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The north-of-Springfield service will ...
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2. Amtrak returns to Union Station concourse, new platform expected to open in four weeks
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 10 2019 Transportation
  
  ...o Amtrak statistics, 99,400 riders took Amtrak from Union Station in 2018, that's up from the 88,200 who took Amtrak in 2017 and the 92,400 who took Amtrak in 2016. Numbers for CT rail ridership are not available. Amtrak...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Amtrak Springfield
3. Study of east-west rail connecting North Adams, Greenfield and Boston passes Massachusetts Senate
  
  Explore masslive.com May 22 2019 Transportation
  
  ...and Greenfield, offering two new round trips a day to Springfield, connecting the communities to the CT rail. Amtrak’s Vermonter is the only passenger train on the line north of Springfield currently. The north-south tra...
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4. Crane lifts Platform C into place at Springfield Union Station
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 24 2019 Transportation
  
  ...tate, along with Amtrak, plans this summer’s launch of expanded commuter rail service north of Springfield to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. Massachusetts authorities announced the two-year pilot program one year a...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Amtrak Springfield
5. Springfield Union Station looks to grow while driving development
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 7 2019 Transportation
  
  ... the Massachusetts Department of Transportation begins offering north-south train service from Springfield to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield with CTrail equipment under contract with the state of Connecticut. Starti...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak Springfield City Council
6. Springfield-Holyoke-Northampton-Greenfield passenger trains a go for summer
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 1 2019 Transportation
  
  ...019 MassDOT plans to use Amtrak trains and personnel to offer two new round trips a day from Union Station to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. One will be in the morning and one in the evening. The trains will be con...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak
7. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy thanked by Springfield officials for bringing CTrail to Union Station
  
  Explore masslive.com Dec 27 2018 Transportation
  
  ... a day to Springfield. But there are problems with the service, problems Malloy said are up to Amtrak to fix. Amtrak shuttle trains from New Haven to Springfield are supposed to honor tickets sold by CTrail — supposed to...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Amtrak Springfield
8. Hartford Line adds trains to Springfield Union Station
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 8 2018 Transportation
  
  ...y announced a deal to, starting in 2019, run two northbound and two southbound Amtrak trains from the Hartford Line further north to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. CTRAIL schedule by Jim Kinney on Scribd ...
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9. Passenger-rail Experts, Supporters to Convene in Springfield This Saturday
  
  Explore BusinessWest Oct 11 2018 Transportation
  
  ...xpanded North-South passenger rail service is coming to the Valley next year between Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield? Did you know the state is about to initiate a new study on east-west passenger rail ...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak Springfield
10. Regional Rail Service Picks Up Speed
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jul 20 2018 Transportation
  
  ... 2021. The pilot will provide two round-trips each day and make stops at stations in Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield. Southbound service will be provided in the morning hours, and northbound in the even...
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  Mentions: MassMutual Center Amtrak Springfield Armory
11. 'It was great': Now arriving, the first batch of CTrail Hartford Line weekday riders
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 18 2018 Transportation
  
  ...can take as little as 81 minutes. The trip to Hartford takes just over 34 minutes. Between the new CTrail and Amtrak, trains will provide 34 daily trips on weekdays, including 11 Springfield-to-New Haven and 12 New Haven...
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12. First CTrail commuter train leaves Springfield for Hartford
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 15 2018 Transportation
  
  ...thbound Amtrak trains from the New -Haven-to-Springfield service further north to Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke. The state of Massachusetts will also study expanded Boston-Springfield-Pittsfield rail service. The e...
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13. Northampton mayor sees busy train station getting busier with planned north-south Knowledge Corridor service expansion
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 13 2018 Transportation
  
  ...t to run two additional trains a day in both directions between Greenfield to Springfield. The trains will be Amtrak trains and they will continue on south as part of Connecticut's new CTrail commuter service, which begi...
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14. Expanded north-south rail service from Springfield to begin in June 2019
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 12 2018 Transportation
  
  ...t. CTrail service will include Amtrak and CTrail trains. Once the pilot trains begin in June 2019, two of the Amtrak trains will extend the CTrail service to Greenfield. Pollack said passengers won't have to change train...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak Springfield
15. MGM Springfield, PVTA: 'The Loop' bus service to connect city attractions, businesses
  
  Explore masslive.com May 25 2018 Transportation
  
  ...onitors to tout attractions and show ads, she said. PVTA already uses an electric bus between Springfield and Holyoke. Lisa Crinella, general manager of the Hilton Garden Inn near the Hall of Fame, said hotel guests are ...
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16. When will CTrail Hartford Line train service to Springfield begin?
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 17 2018 Transportation
  
  ...ing its own and those run by Amtrak. Of those, 12 trains will operate daily between Hartford and Springfield. Amtrak already runs five shuttles a day both ways on the line now. The route's long-distance train -- Amtrak's...
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17. Union Station platform work delayed again; accessibility upgrades required
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 2 2018 Transportation
  
  ...e additional rail service Springfield hopes to offer beyond the new CTRail trains. Kennedy said Thursday that Amtrak promised to have a crew at Union Station to help people, including those with disabilities, get on and ...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak Springfield
18. Rail passenger gathering at Springfield's Union Station to discuss future of train travel in New England
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 18 2017 Transportation
  
  ...rthampton and Greenfield," The Knowledge Corridor line The line opened in 2014, but as of now only one train, Amtrak's Vermonter, works north of Springfield. Brennan said he and other local transportation planners are in...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amtrak
19. Appleton Corp. to manage Springfield Union Station
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 1 2017 Transportation
  
  ...nages the Springfield Technology Park on Federal Street adjacent to Springfield Technical Community College, as well as Holyoke Crossing Shopping Center on Whiting Farms Road in Holyoke, among other properties....
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  Mentions: Springfield Technical Community College Amtrak Springfield
20. Multi-faceted Plan in Greenfield Reaps Success
  
  Explore BusinessWest May 12 2017
  
  ... which is responsible for site remediation. International Container Co. has also announced plans to move from Holyoke and build an 80,000-square-foot building in Greenfield. “We have been meeting with them for eight mont...
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  Mentions: William Martin Greenfield Community College Amtrak
21. PVTA bus, office and retail contracts OK'd for Springfield's Union Station; Peter Pan deal still in the works
  
  Explore masslive.com May 3 2017 Transportation
  
  ...ikely be rented to someone who sells handmade scarves and other crafts. Contractor Daniel O'Connell's Sons of Holyoke has one big job left: renovating and improving Union Station's Lyman Street entrance to match the rest...
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22. Springfield officials reveal first 3 businesses to sign leases for $94 million renovated Union Station
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 26 2017 Retail , Transportation
  
  ... nears completion, officials expect it to be open later this year. Springfield has a total of six north-south Amtrak trains a day. That includes the Vermonter and a number of shuttles to New Haven. But Connecticut plans ...
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23. Developments Spur Growth in Northampton
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jun 16 2016
  
  ... Clarke School campus is also being repurposed by CheckWriters HQ, a regional human-resources service firm in Holyoke. “Fifty employees will be moved to the building when the $1.8 million renovation is complete,” he note...
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  Mentions: MassDevelopment Smith College Amtrak
24. Region States Its Case for Expanded Rail
  
  Explore BusinessWest Feb 23 2016 Transportation
  
  ...m became a line on the Vermonter schedule just over a year ago, joining Greenfield and (several months later) Holyoke as new stops for this service amid considerable fanfare from those communities’ elected officials and ...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Smith College Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
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