Federal Railroad Administration to Big Sky Passenger Rail: Stay Engaged as Study Moves Forward

“The FRA believes that the long distance service study can serve as a common long-term vision for long-distance passenger rail service,” Lyle Leitelt, a community planner at the FRA, told the Montana rail authority this week. “It's to provide a strategy for Amtrak and other key stakeholders to implement and coordinate and develop long-distance routes.”

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is pushing to ensure the old North Coast Hiawatha is included in November, when the Federal Railroad Administration submits its final Amtrak Daily Long Distance Service Study to Congress.

Representatives of Senator Jon Tester and Senator Steve Daines joined this week's meeting between the Montana rail authority and the FRA. Read more