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State to buy tracks in $100m deal

Seeks better service to suburbs, Worcester

By Noah Bierman
Globe Staff / October 2, 2008

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Massachusetts political leaders plan to announce a $100 million deal today to buy train tracks from a private rail company in hopes of improving commuter service between Boston and Central Massachusetts and obtaining a key link for a new commuter line to Fall River and New Bedford. (Full article: 704 words)

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