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MBTA extends rail contract

Same firm to run commuter service; Three-year deal will cost $700m

By Noah Bierman
Globe Staff / December 11, 2007

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board voted unanimously yesterday - with one abstention and little debate - to pay a private contractor about $700 million to continue running its troubled commuter rail service for another three years. (Full article: 667 words)

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