The effort to provide passenger rail service between Western Massachusetts and Boston is getting another jolt of federal funding.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation secured a nearly $37 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, which will help cover track, signal and infrastructure improvements at Springfield Union Station, Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced Tuesday.
“This money is essential to providing safe and efficient rail service between Western, Central, and Eastern Massachusetts and connecting our regional economies in Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, and Boston,” U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said in a statement…