[amtrak-official]

Tennessee has the potential to finally make a good decision and help to finish off our system by implementing Nashville-Louisville service, Nashville-Chattanooga-Atlanta both with they’re current DOT rail studies

[amtrak-official]

I do wish they would factor the Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville route into their study since it would work really well with that Louisville-Nashville and Nashville-Atlanta route

[unwontedfemme]

Why can't Cincinnati ever have nice things? Why aren't we linked up to Louisville (besides the. The HILLS)?

[amtrak-official]

The reason is in fact, those hills and Kentucky doesn't want to fund any routes

[amtrak-official]

@theinnermeyoullneverknow The Kentucky state government has decided not to do any passenger rail studies at this current moment.

[theinnermeyoullneverknow]

But is Tennessee DOT accepting public comment? Would they allow kentuckians to say "hell yeah I'll come spend money in your state if I can get there by train"?

And of course Kentucky state government isn't considering anything that might actually be useful, have you SEEN our state legislature? 🤦‍♀️

[amtrak-official]

The current best hope for rail in Kentucky is the resurrection of the Floridian in the long distance service study

[theinnermeyoullneverknow]

Finally found a public comment form!

Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study – Study to evaluate the restoration of daily long-distance intercity rail passenger service and the

Federal Railroad Administration Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting an Amtrak D

fralongdistancerailstudy.org

I know that url looks questionable (I skipped over it in my initial search results), but I literally got there by clicking a link on the (Department of Transportation) .gov site so it should be legit.

[amtrak-official]

Yeah that’s the offical website. Please tell them to restore the Floridian, Kentuckians and Alabaman will thank you in the end