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TexasTowelie

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Tue Dec 12, 2017, 06:41 AM Dec 2017

MARC trains to UD? Possibility inches closer with award of Newark train station contract [View all]

A likely expansion of passenger rail service to the University of Delaware inched closer last week when the state awarded its second contract to reconstruct the Newark Train Station.

Wilmington-based Bancroft Construction Company won the phase-2 contract with a $7.6 million bid – nearly double a state engineer's $3.8 million cost estimate.

With the award, Bancroft crews will construct a station building for waiting passengers that includes bathrooms and a ticket window. The work is expected to last 453 days, according to contract documents.

It is one part of a larger undertaking by the state and federal government to expand rail facilities and track capacity in Newark at a cost of $62.3 million.

Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/12/11/marc-trains-ud-possibility-inches-closer-award-newark-train-station-contract/939943001/

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