Ohio has been awarded federal grant money to begin studying the launch of new and expanded passenger rail service in the state, which is an early but important step to one day possibly linking Dayton to Ohio’s largest urban centers with intercity railway.

“It’s very exciting news — we haven’t had anything positive for passenger rail in Ohio in a long, long time,” Erin Rosiello, chair of All Aboard Ohio, a statewide passenger rail advocacy group, said on Thursday.

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