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boulevardofdef t1_ja5fyjc wrote

This is cool but there's actually a proposed light-rail system that goes past TF Green and terminates at CCRI, so I think this should cover that base, at least. Would be nice to extend it even further to Main Street East Greenwich.

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United_Perception299 OP t1_ja5clmj wrote

Reply to comment by March_Latter in Thoughts? by United_Perception299

One of these could be a trolley maybe. Anyway, the yellow is the xanthic line, a bus rapid transit service that connects to places where trains would be nice but too much out of the way. There's XL1 between the two Southern stations connecting to the commuter rail and there's XL2 to the hospital.

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BitterStatus9 t1_ja5azqz wrote

Was just reading about how there was an electric trolley line (built in the 1890s) that ran from Newport up to Fall River. They charged riders 5 cents per town (so, Newport to Portsmouth = 10 cents). I bet it was faster than RIPTA!

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