Re: (rshsdepot) Pawtucket-Central Falls, RI

["JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_home.com>]

The answer to that question is an easy one. In the 1950s, passenger
traffic was dropping off rapidly. The New Haven was teetering on
the edge of bankruptcy again, and abandoning service wherever they
could. Providence to Worcester service was dropped in the mid 50s,
and passenger traffic on the Shoreline was greatly reduced. There
simply wasn't enough traffic to justify the expense of operating such a
large station only 4 miles from the much larger station in Downtown
Providence


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From: <CoolGuy127_@_aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Pawtucket-Central Falls, RI


> In a message dated 05/17/2001 7:36:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ribear_@_home.com writes:
>
> << It was a large and very busy station and
>  was the Providence area equivalent of Back Bay Station in Boston.  In fact
> the
>  New Haven's Comet streamliner which ran back and forth between Boston and
>  Providence ("44 Miles In 44 Minutes" was the advertising slogan) included
> stops
>  at Back Bay and Pawtucket. A >>
>
>     Does anyone know why this magnificent and massive station was abandoned
> as a station stop?
>
>             Daniel

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