Northern New England Corridor

The Northern New England Corridor is one of ten federally designated higher-speed rail corridors in the United States. The proposed corridor would have allowed passenger trains to travel from Boston, Massachusetts, to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in about hours.
In 2004, Congress extended the Northern New England High Speed Rail Corridor from Boston to Springfield, Massachusetts, and Albany, New York, and from Springfield to New Haven, Connecticut. The Boston-Springfield-Albany route would provide a link to the Empire Corridor.

Background

, 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 Lake Shore Limited. The New Haven–Springfield Line already allows speeds of up to, with end-to-end service taking about 1 hour 20 minutes.