01 – Who currently owns the rail bed?

Published March 29, 2007 | Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee

01 – Who currently owns the rail bed?

Answer
The former Framingham to Lowell Rail Line (the proposed Bruce Freeman Rail Trail) has two segments. The state of Massachusetts owns the rail bed north of the east-west crossing of the Mass. Central rail line just north of Route 20 in Sudbury. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) manages this section of the former Framingham to Lowell rail line. The railroad company CSX owns the rail bed south of the crossing.

Answer

The former Framingham to Lowell Rail Line (the proposed Bruce Freeman Rail Trail) has two segments. The state of Massachusetts owns the rail bed north of the east-west crossing of the Mass. Central rail line just north of Route 20 in Sudbury. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) manages this section of the former Framingham to Lowell rail line. The railroad company CSX owns the rail bed south of the crossing.

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The Board of Selectmen created the Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee (RTCAC), to provide a mechanism for the Town to examine the conversion of an existing unused rail line in Sudbury to a recreational path and alternative transportation corridor. The Selectmen are committed to developing an overall project and vision for this rail trail conversion that can be supported by the entire community and are looking to this committee to help identify and address the many questions and concerns that residents of Sudbury may have about this project, as well as support the efforts of Town staff as they begin the technical process of studying the feasibility of such a rail trail conversion.

On July 28, 2015, the Board of Selectmen voted to disband and archive this committee.

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