Cleveland Plain Dealer - Amtrak expansion in Ohio: What comes next, and how soon might we be taking the train to Columbus?

No, Ohio State football fans won’t be taking the train to Columbus this September. Not next September either, or the one after that....

January 4, 2024

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No, Ohio State football fans won’t be taking the train to Columbus this September. Not next September either, or the one after that.

Maybe by September 2030, says William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, the Columbus agency that has been pushing hard for passenger rail service in Ohio for years.

Ohio was a big winner last month when the Federal Railroad Administration announced the first 69 grant recipients in a new program that is designed to expand passenger rail service throughout the United States.

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