cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/1657203

As we all know, in an alternative timeline, this would have been done a decade ago, but:

About half a year ago, Madison announced the start of a study on where to put a passenger rail station (project website). However, it looked like it has not been updated since then, which is concerning because it says the next meeting about it should be this summer. I emailed the contact email (amtrak@cityofmadison.com) for an update and got this response:

Hi [Lilia], unfortunately the meeting has been pushed back a few times and we’re now aiming for a fall meeting. Sorry about that, but if you sign up for email updates on our website, you’ll be notified when it’s scheduled. Thanks for your interest in the project.

So, hopefully the project will be spared from fizzling out yet again! Of course, selecting a station location is not building the station, not upgrading the Watertown-Madison portion of the rails, and not actually running the service, but if this actually moves forward, it’ll be a great step toward getting a shadow of what we should have gotten a decade ago.

  • LandsharkgunEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Please do this, and hopefully we’ll get the Twin Cities - Madison line as well

  • Salad_FriesMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Wow! Thanks for the info!

    I’m really impressed with the proposed station locations. With the exception of the airport & (possibly) oscar meyer options, they all seem to be in great locations! Wishing the best for Madison!