Restoration of passenger rail in southern Montana a possibility
Laurel Outlook June 24, 2021
The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is excited to announce that an amendment introduced and included in the Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021, which passed out of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee by a bipartisan 25-3 vote on Wednesday, may help pave the way for the restoration of the former North Coast Hiawatha passenger rail route through southern Montana along with other former passenger routes across the rural West. The bill with the attached amendment will now move to the full Senate for a vote as part of the broader Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021.