Rail Improvement---elsewhere!

 

Federal officials have released a list of dozens of sites where railroad routes will be started, expanded, or improved. But only a tiny length of the tracks is in Alabama:

WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has released its list of routes selected for the first step of its Corridor Identification and Development Program, a catch-all group of 69 potential future Amtrak routes, possible extensions to existing routes, efforts to increase service on existing routes, and future high speed rail systems.

Thirty-three of these routes had previously been reported by Trains News Wire as they were announced by elected officials; in the lists below, they are indicated with italics.

The vast majority of routes are corridor services that will require state support, but among the routes seeking increased service are Amtrak’s two current triweekly long-distance trains, the New York-Washington-Indianapolis-Chicago Cardinal and the Los Angeles-New Orleans Sunset Limited.

— New Orleans-Mobile, Ala. “Gulf Coast service” (Southern Rail Commission)

https://www.southernrailcommission.org/media-coverage/2023/11/6/mobile-negotiates-ground-lease-for-amtrak-train-stop

https://www.montgomerychamber.com/blog/press-releases-3604/post/60-million-rail-expansion-at-port-of-mobile-sets-stage-for-coming-inland-port-project-35726