Colorado has received 500k for a study of front range rail between Trinidad and Cheyenne, with stops in Demver, Boulder, and Peublo
specialtrampdanascully asked:
Any news on the front range line they’ve been talking about?
It will be voted on Next Year by Colorado voters, but if it receives a federal grant from the Corridor ID program, it hasn’t been announced yet
politelymenaces asked:
Are there any plans to make Denver more of a hub similar to Chicago? It would be mad convenient for me personally, I could stop taking flights and my family could stop driving 18 hours to visit me in the PNW
There are plans under consideration to restart service of the Pioneer between Seattle and Denver, and the Front Range Rail between Pueblo and Cheyenne is going to a vote next year for funding
So with the current map that the FRA has released, here are what I think are most likely to get approved, in the bright lime green.
Here is my reasoning for all of them. If you think other routes have a high likelihood please explain why, I want to know.
- Cheyenne-Denver-Trinidad, already has state funding from Colorado and is one of the most important routes on this list as it will serve the front range corridor
- Yuma-Pheonix-Tucson, amtrak has already applied for funding for the route with its long distance service improvements request
- Bakersfield-Barstow, It fills in a massive gap with the bay area and LA by connecting them
- Oklahoma City-Wichita-Newton, Oklahoma has made it clear that they want to extend the Heartland Flyer and the Line has already had studies done
- Meridian-Jackson-Marshall-Fort Worth, The Cresent Extension is one of the main plans of the southern rail commission and is another key connection point in the amtrak system
- Minneapolis-Duluth, Minnesota already approved funding for the line
- Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville- Nashville-Atlanta–Savannah-Miami, it is a more obvious route than the Floridian and the one the FRA focused on in the planning document, it also fills in the 2 largest missing corridors of Chicago to Atlanta and Miami.
- Sandport-Helena-Billings-Fargo, The North Coast Hiawatha is pretty much the reason this study was created by Jon Tester and also is an important previous route
- Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus-Cleveland, it was going to be a route in the 2010s but got shelved and has also been planned. Everyone wants this to happen and Dewine might fund it
thediscsystem asked:
For the route thing, what about Denver to Atlanta? On a lowish budget as well
amtrak-official answered:
Funny thing, you can’t actually do that on a budget. Both of them are on long distance routes and very far apart. The cost is about 700 dollars if buying in advance. But the route would be California Zephyr to Capitol Limited to Cresent
Aw damn. What about Denver to Seattle or any major major city up north or in the central us? I'm moving to Denver from around Atlanta and I'm trying to see where I can visit from Denver using trains to either get near home or at least visit somewhere cool
Denver is at least on a really good train line, the California Zephyr connects to Chicago, The Bay Area, and Salt Lake City. It is on the expensive side, about 100 to 150 dollars but you get some good cities for that cost. you also get Reno if you gamble
@nvara-of-mortains-own I see your request and raise you the fact the the Colorado state government has given me the money to make front range rail from Cheyenne to Plueblo (and further down to trinidad) which is like what your suggesting but less
I know that the girlies are quite literally going to starve if we don’t build 3c+d, the Chicago-Louisville line and Front Range Rail, but have you considered we could just delay these key infrastructure projects a few years