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Newsletter: 8/30/24 Virginia Lays Groundwork for Service Expansion
Virginia Lays Groundwork for Service Expansion
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority has reached a new deal with freight railroad Norfolk Southern. The agreement will allow VPRA to extend service to the New River Valley by 2028, and run more frequent trains on the Virginia Railway Express.
Virginia is demonstrating a strong commitment to expanding train service that other states should follow.
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New Plan to Return Amtrak to New River Valley Gets State Authority’s OK
Virginia Reaches New Deal with Norfolk Southern to Extend Passenger Rail to the New River Valley
Caltrain Success Creates Copycat Demand
“Ten days ago, Caltrain launched its electrified service, to universal acclaim and glowing speeches by a who’s-who of California politicians. On Monday, Californians for Electric Rail launched a petition calling on Metrolink to make an immediate commitment to overhead electrification following the success of Caltrain electrification. The petition received over 200 signatures in one day. KTLA wrote about the petition, and included an official response from Metrolink that they have no plans to electrify anytime soon. Here’s a rebuttal to some of their excuses.” (Streetsblog California)
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Rock Island Regional Rail
Can you name the two biggest cities missing from the Illinois passenger rail network?
Peoria and the Quad Cities, two important metro areas of about 400,000 people, lost train service when the Rock Island was split up and downgraded decades ago. It’s time to rebuild this route.
Read more about our vision for the corridor and how you can get involved!
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American High Speed Rail Act: A Conversation With Congressman Seth Moulton
When: Wednesday, September 18 at 12pm CT on Zoom
In March, Rep. Moulton (D-MA) and Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the American High-Speed Rail Act, which would invest $205 billion federal dollars into high-speed rail. Join us for a conversation about this game-changing proposal.
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Moving People in USA Much Harder to Decarbonize Than in Rest of World
Commentary: Dreaming of High-Speed Rail between Austin and San Antonio (San Antonio Express-News)
Amtrak Borealis Debut: A Few Observations (Star Tribune)
Preferred Route for Polish High Speed Line Selected (Railway Gazette)
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