Amtrak’s future plans: What MAY be coming by 2035

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• DA

  @darkrai6010 · 2 years ago

  8 trains between indy and chicago + increased speed would be game changing for both cities

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• JA

  @jamesbarantor7094 · 2 years ago

  As someone in KY that grew up around a long abandoned train line I always wanted Amtrak back in the state. Even if it's an hour car ride for me, having that station there in Louisville would be awesome.

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• LA

  @LarcR · 2 years ago

  Amtrak service will never be completely reliable until it operates 100% on its own tracks and doesn't have to contend with freight trains.

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• JE

  @jeffbutterfield3158 · 2 years ago

  Minor correction: You can already do a round-trip from Kansas City to Chicago through St. Louis without changing trains.   I think both the eastbound and westbound versions are called the Missouri River Runner, but it takes the route of the Lincoln Service both ways.  There's also still a Missouri River Runner round trip that focuses on just Kansas City and Missouri.

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• MC

  @mcmann7149 · 2 years ago

  One thing that will occur if all this does get built in some form, is that my town will be one of the most connected towns in the nation to various local, regional and interstate rail. Which makes me a lot more pessimistic because whenever the state or federal government has tried to get life into my town, it's fallen on its face.

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• RA

  @RailroadRaccoon · 2 years ago

  ConnectUS 2035 was never really going to happen, it was a proposal by Amtrak, it was simply them saying "If you fund the Infrastructure bill, we could potentially do this, if you give us money!" Some of these routes are happening, some are not and some routes that weren't on connectUS 2035 are also happening. (Like Chicago to Peoria) If you want to look at the routes that got funded for planning check out the [Corridor ID program.] It's basically this but routes that received federal funding for planning. Routes selected for Corridor ID are "priority" for federal funding. Once planning is done routes selected can apply for federal grants through the Federal State Partnership program to fund construction up to 80% (2O% needs to come from somewhere else, like a state or cities) However it's all dependent if there's money in the FSPP Pot, which is all dependent on who is president and who controls the House/Senate

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• F4

  @F4URGranted · 2 years ago

  Theres a new organization in my small nc town dedicated to bringing back passenger service to western North carolina, and theyve received thousands of signatures asking for the line! The support here is amazing

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• EC

  @ECDT1089-EtheLamborghini · 2 years ago

  An Atlanta - Orlando route is needed  now!

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• JH

  @jhoncho4x4 · 2 years ago

  The Dayton and Cincinnati line would be very popular and possible if enough runs are made per day. Interstate 75 has daily rush hour traffic, congestion and slow downs from the daily commuters.<br>If commuters could park at their local station and ride a fast train everyday, they would. <br>If there is no public transport to reach final destination, then they can leave an old car at station to finish commute.<br>It might be possible to work in Columbus, if there is a fast train, again.<br><br>We used to have passenger train and trolley car service in this same area, about 75 years ago. <br>Many abandoned railbeds, train stations and bridges connecting our towns.<br>A car was not needed here 75 years ago, but a necessity today; something went wrong along time ago.<br>I still am amazed at the size of the trolley car network every time the streets are tore up for maintenance. <br>I collect the mini rail spikes laying around that get dug up.

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• CJ

  @cjs83172 · 2 years ago

  For those that can remember, Amtrak used to have a route called the Desert Wind, which ran from Denver or Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. I rode that once, as part of a train that carried three lines that originated in Chicago, and they&apos;d split in Denver, and the Desert Wind was one of those three routes, and it continued to Los Angeles (my dad and I got off at Fullerton, since we were headed to San Diego). When Metrolink came up with the line that goes from Oceanside to Riverside an San Bernardino, one thing they did was to veer a set tracks off the current Surfliner route just past the Orange station to merge with those coming south from Los Angeles east of the Anaheim station. One possibility I can see is a San Diego to Las Vegas line that could use that routing that takes Metrolink&apos;s Orange-Riverside County route to get to Riverside, and then follow the routing of the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind up to Las Vegas. And then, should the CAHSR project&apos;s San Diego portion ever get built, they could run Amtrak trains up the I-15/I-215 corridor to Riverside, and eventually, Las Vegas via Escondido and the Inland Empire.<br><br>A question is, how would they run so many round trips on a line that&apos;s still partially single-tracked in San Diego and Orange counties (with two or three major track movement projects needed, plus that 25 MPH single-track portion at Miramar Hill just south of the Sorrento Valley Coaster station), considering there&apos;s also the Coaster and two Metrolink lines serving that same corridor from San Diego to Los Angeles (and on the San Diego end, there are already plans to continue that line past Santa Fe Depot to at least the S.D. Convention Center, which is near the big rail yard MTS uses for it&apos;s three trolley lines (Blue between the border and UTC, Orange between downtown and El Cajon via Lemon Grove, and Green between 12th &amp; Imperial and Santee via Mission Valley, the stadium, and SDSU).

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• KA

  @katherinedraus9211 · 2 years ago

  It would be nice to have train service in New Hampshire. &nbsp;Taking the bus to Boston is great and affordable, but sometimes the trains leave from North Station and Concord Coach does not go there. &nbsp;This would leave more options for Amtrak service. &nbsp;Not to mention I live in Concord, NH and work in Manchester, NH which might mean a commuter service.

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• PR

  @PrimeTimeTravelers · 2 years ago

  Lots of awesome news! &nbsp;Many potential new routes to cover on both of our channels! &nbsp;Thanks for bringing us the news and we will be tuned in to see more adventures from you! &nbsp;Thanks for all you do for the viewers!

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