Indiana high speed rail service.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A state Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday to fund the early phases of developing a high-speed rail system linking Chicago and Louisville, Ky., through Indianapolis.

The bill is part of a much larger proposal, the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative, which envisions a 110-mph passenger rail network connecting nine states starting at a Chicago hub. One leg would connect through Gary, South Bend, and Fort Wayne, Ind., to Toledo, Ohio. Another leg would link Chicago to Indianapolis. From there, one branch would extend to Cincinnati and another to Louisville. Indiana’s share of the network could cost an estimated $900 million.

Illinois will inaugurate its high-speed rail system later this year with a 110-mph train that will shave an hour off the 51⁄2-hour trip from Chicago to St. Louis.

This sounds like better news than usual.
 
Is there any information about that inaugural run or whatever on the St. Louis route? I would love to be there for that!!!
 
carknocker51 said:
one hour = 900 million ... :rolleyes: hmmmm
Carknocker,

No, the one-hour savings/110 MPH running is in Illinois, on the route to St Louis.

That has nothing to do with the 900M that Indiana is planning on spending for high-speed rail. That money is for a few different routes within Indiana.

It's two completely different things. :)
 
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