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June 07, 2009

Senator Harkin Supports Passenger Train Service between the Quad Cities and Iowa City

The Associated Press reports that while in Coralville on Saturday, June 6, 2009, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin expressed support for passenger train service between Iowa City, the Quad Cities and Chicago.  Harkin is quoted as saying that it's too early to know how the federal funds for passenger trains will be distributed, but he is hopeful a line to Chicago can be established.

A study by Amtrak last year concluded that two passengers trains a day operating between Iowa City and Chicago would attract 76,000 passengers on the Iowa City-Quad Cities segment.  The trip at 79 miles per hour from Iowa City to Chicago would take approximately 5 hours.

June 07, 2009 in Rail Passenger Service |

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