Links - Citizens for a Palmer Rail Stop

Image of old postcard showing Palmer Union Station in late 19th or early 20th century, including all covered platforms on the east side. — Scanned postcard of Union Station in Palmer, MA. From Digital Commonwealth collection.

Petition to restore passenger rail to Palmer, Massachusetts!

https://www.change.org/p/massachusetts-dept-of-transportation-restore-passenger-rail-to-palmer-massachusetts

Please sign our petition to implement passenger rail service to Palmer, as proposed by the East-West Passenger Rail Study (January 2021), and in the Northern New England Intercity Rail Initiative (June 2016).

Since 2015 we have campaigned and advocated for fast, frequent train service to Palmer as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has progressed steadily towards expanded train service on the Inland Route between Boston and Springfield (and continuing south to New Haven), and on the Boston–Albany corridor which includes Pittsfield.

Amtrak service on both of these corridors would stop at Palmer.

Trains in the Valley

https://trainsinthevalley.org/

Visit the informative website of this “grassroots community organization whose purpose is to advocate for improved and expanded passenger and freight rail service in the Pioneer Valley region of western Massachusetts.”

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Graphic shows New York City sights to the left behind a train engine & car headed to the rural charm of the Berkshire hills. — Newsletter banner of The Train Campaign.

The Train Campaign

https://barringtoninstitute.org/traincampaign

Working to bring back the trains to Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Litchfield County, Connecticut, but with a wider vision: “…the future of rural America, as well as smaller cities and towns, depends on the connectivity offered by freight and passenger rail because rail supports jobs and connects people.”