Amendment #1097, as changed to H4000

An Amendment relative to a study of service restoration on the Kingston/Plymouth and Greenbush commuter rail lines

Representatives Cutler of Duxbury, Cantwell of Marshfield, Calter of Kingston, deMacedo of Plymouth and Nyman of Hanover moves to amend amendment # 1097 by striking it in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

Representatives Cutler of Duxbury moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 101 the following section:-

SECTION 101C. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall examine and report on the feasibility of restoring weekend commuter rail service on the Kingston/Plymouth and Greenbush lines. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the cost of restoring and providing service for the Kingston/Plymouth and Greenbush lines; (ii) the levels of weekend ridership on such commuter lines before the weekend service was cancelled on such lines; (iii) a comparison of weekend ridership and cost of providing service on other commuter rail lines; and (iv) the ridership numbers that would be required to warrant restoration of the Kingston/Plymouth  and Greenbush lines. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall file the report on or before November 30, 2014, with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the joint committee on transportation.