High Speed Rail Service Proposed from Chicago to Columbus

  
 

Representatives from the Northern Indiana Passenger Rail Association recently came before the Plymouth Board of Public Works to propose its idea of a high speed passenger rail service on existing rail lines that would extend from Chicago, Ill. to Columbus, Ohio with 11 stops in Indiana – Plymouth being one of them.

The NIPRA recently obtained funding for a feasibility study that addressed assessment of the market, engineering needs, an operating plan, and financial and economic returns. According to an article in The Pilot News, the operating plan examines the use of diesel powered trains operating anywhere from 110-130 mph. Trains traveling at 110 mph would provide a four hour long train service from Chicago to Columbus. In Indiana, the trains would stop in Gary, Valparaiso, Plymouth, Warsaw, Fort Wayne, and in Ohio the trains would stop in Lima, Kenton, Marysville, Columbus downtown and Columbus airport. The trains would operate round trip from Chicago to Columbus.

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