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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 311 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2394 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Dylan A. Fernandes |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act restoring commuter rail to Cape Cod. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Dylan A. FernandesPlymouth and Barnstable 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 311 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2394 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Fernandes, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2394) of Dylan A. Fernandes |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to establishing year-round daily commuter rail service to Cape Cod. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4118 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act restoring commuter rail to Cape Cod. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Not later than 12 months after the effective date of this act, the MBTA shall begin |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2commuter passenger train service between Buzzards Bay station and South station via the Cape |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Cod line. Train service shall occur year-round and, insofar as is feasible as determined by the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4MBTA, schedules shall be aligned with the commuting patterns of the service areas. The MBTA |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5shall operate no fewer than three morning-peak trips and three evening-peak trips on this route |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6each weekday. |
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