Boise is one of dozens of cities and regions vying for that money in the Corridor Identification Program, which will be awarded this fall by the U.S. Department of Transportation. If Boise is selected, that’s when the real work begins, said Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner. Gardner, Amtrak's CEO since 2021, delivered the breakfast keynote Thursday morning in Boise at the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit. For local leaders, the rail line between Boise and Salt Lake City is the first priority. [Boise State Public Radio]Missoula's Dave Strohmaier is Chairman of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority. Earlier this July he addressed the need for funding railroad infrastructure improvements in the Malta area.
Cheyenne, Wyoming is on board with Front Range passenger rail and All Aboard Arizona says passenger rail between Phoenix and Tucson is closer than ever, too.
In Minnesota lawmakers approved some $195 million to restore passenger service between the Twin Cities and Duluth.
In my home state of South Dakota I have since modified my proposal for passenger rail from Minneapolis to Rapid City through Sioux Falls for a route from the Twin Cities to the RCPE at Tracy, Minnesota to Brookings and Pierre to Rapid City and Cheyenne.
UPDATE: As of 4:22 am MT, California Zephyr Train 6, which departed Emeryville (EMY) on 7/18, is back on the move and is currently operating approx. 4 hours late into Salt Lake City (SLC).
— Amtrak Alerts (@AmtrakAlerts) July 19, 2023
This view looking up 25th greeted rail passengers first arriving in Ogden from 1869 until 1997, when Amtrak’s Pioneer was cancelled. The California Zephyr & Desert Wind had re-routed away from Ogden to Salt Lake City in 1983. pic.twitter.com/2gO6PFWlif
— RAIL Magazine (@RAILMag) September 15, 2021
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