{"id":3702,"date":"2009-04-01T22:48:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T02:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2020-12-16T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:00:17","slug":"will-passenger-trains-ever-return-to-fort-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/04\/01\/will-passenger-trains-ever-return-to-fort-wayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Will passenger trains ever return to Fort Wayne?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rally<\/p>\n

This Friday, at 4:30 pm at the Baker Street Train Station, Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association will be holding a Rally for Rail. The Rally will feature a speaker from Amtrak as well as local and state officials. A note – this group, NIPRA, is not advocating for high speed rail, rather passenger rail service which would run at Amtrak speeds, which is around 80 mph. The corridor could run as far east as Lima and terminate in Chicago. If you are interested in seeing passenger rail service back in town, attend the rally and show your support. Today’s featured article is after the jump.<\/p>\n

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Will passenger trains ever return to Fort Wayne?<\/strong> from the Fort Wayne Railfans website<\/p>\n

Metra<\/strong><\/p>\n

[…] One idea would be to add one long route to Chicago’s elaborate Metra commuter train system. It is possible that Metra could run a train between Fort Wayne and Chicago if funding from Indiana was allocated for it. This would be a very useful service to people who commute to Chicago from Valparaiso and the surrounding communities, too.<\/p>\n

Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n

[…] There are many issues to tackle in the above plan; one being the lack of a connector in the correct quadrant of the diamond at Upper Sandusky. There is no doubt that several construction projects will be needed in order to initiate this train. Here are some of the issues broken down by segment.<\/p>\n