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December 20, 2010

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NEWS HEADLINES

MBTA Now Serving Airport in Warwick, RI

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston instituted weekday commuter rail service Dec. 6 to Theodore Francis Green (T.F. Green) International Airport in Warwick, RI.

The new T.F. Green Station on MBTA’s Providence/Stoughton Line is part of the $267 million InterLink project for Rhode Island DOT and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. The complete project also includes a consolidated rental car facility, a bus hub for Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses, and a parking garage with spaces to accommodate 1,800 rental cars and 650 commuter vehicles.

Rhode Island signed an operations agreement with MBTA on Sept. 30 to create the South County Commuter Rail service, which expands commuter rail service in Rhode Island south of Providence. The InterLink facility officially opened Oct. 27.

“[Massachusetts] Gov. Deval Patrick’s mandate to reform our transportation system is working to establish a new era of delivering efficient transportation services throughout New England,” said MBTA General Manager Rich Davey.  “With the cooperation and hard work of the Massachusetts Legislature and our neighboring states, we continue to improve the way we deliver transportation services—investing in regional equity and strengthening public transit.”

Inbound trains depart from T.F. Green, in the direction of Providence/South Station, three times during the morning rush hour and three times in the afternoon. Outbound trains serve the station twice in the morning, coming from Providence only, and three times in the evening, arriving from South Station and Providence.

A partnership between RIDOT and MBTA has existed since 1988, when the two agencies signed the “Pilgrim Partnership” initiating Providence-Boston commuter rail service with five round trips per day and approximately 200 riders. Today the rail service makes 15 round trips per weekday, as well as weekend service, and approximately 2,000 riders per day from Providence.

 

Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and First Lady Suzanne Carcieri, seated, speak with MBTA General Manager Richard A. Davey, standing, on the first MBTA commuter train traveling to the new stop at T.F. Green International Airport.

 

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