News Wire: Governor shelves plan to end weekend MBTA service

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BaltACD

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 7:21 PM

daveklepper
Thanks for the news!

Oh Yea! Governor mandates MBTA to continue service they don't have the funds to continue yet doesn't offer funding. So politics of the 21st Century! Mandate but don't fund and then accuse those doing the job of being inefficent on top of it all. Where have we heard this before?

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

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daveklepper

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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:26 AM

Thanks for the news!

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Brian Schmidt

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:28 AM

Just a week after the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it might eliminate weekend commuter-train service to address a budget deficit, Governor Charlie Baker said he was taking that option off the table for the Boston-area rail system. ...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/03/21-governor-shelves-plan-to-end-weekend-mbta-service

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine