May 12, 2008

Murray blasts CSX tie-up

Click title for link to full story WORCESTER— Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray said yesterday that railroad company CSX Corp. is blocking the expansion of commuter rail service to the city, and he reproached CSX for neglecting the public interest. At a railroad summit at the DCU Center, Mr. Murray used harsh terms to describe the current stalemate between CSX and the state. The policies CSX is proposing, he said, are “absurd.” “Despite CSX’s apparent indifference to the public interest, we are not dissuaded in our effort to expand rail to Worcester and other parts of the state,” he told a packed conference room, including CSX representatives sitting in the front row. '