Re: New AMTRAK route between Kansas City and Oklahoma City
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:13 pm
The Alliance has scheduled a public meeting with City officials and community leaders at Topeka's renovated Great Overland Station a week from today (March 11th 1:00-3:00 pm).
Northern Flyer Alliance appears to be making great strides towards getting daytime passenger service heading west. Kansas City and the Union Station stand to become more of a transportation hub, and this will help the bottom line for Union Station.
One of the Alliance members reports that the City of Peabody (entire downtown an Historic District) Kansas will shortly issue a resolution, and Wichita is expected to follow suit. A growing number of Kansas Senators are responding to the public interest and joining together in a non-partisan effort to develop an intercity passenger rail bill for the next legislative term.
Governor Sebelius has also indicated that she would like to see an additional route from KC to Denver. And, there are several community leaders from St. Joseph who plan to attend a regional passenger rail meeting in Omaha this month, in order to make a case for a long overdue connection between KC and Omaha.
Northern Flyer Alliance appears to be making great strides towards getting daytime passenger service heading west. Kansas City and the Union Station stand to become more of a transportation hub, and this will help the bottom line for Union Station.
One of the Alliance members reports that the City of Peabody (entire downtown an Historic District) Kansas will shortly issue a resolution, and Wichita is expected to follow suit. A growing number of Kansas Senators are responding to the public interest and joining together in a non-partisan effort to develop an intercity passenger rail bill for the next legislative term.
Governor Sebelius has also indicated that she would like to see an additional route from KC to Denver. And, there are several community leaders from St. Joseph who plan to attend a regional passenger rail meeting in Omaha this month, in order to make a case for a long overdue connection between KC and Omaha.