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  • Gardner, Bennet find money to keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train rolling

    Gardner, Bennet find money to keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train rolling

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    JOEY BUNCH

    The Southwest Chief passenger train should continue to roll across the West thanks to a Senate appropriations bill led by Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner on Wednesday. Amtrak had been considering replacing parts of the train route with bus services. The transportation appropriations bill would include $50 million for track maintenance and safety…

  • Some fear Amtrak is backtracking on the Southwest Chief

    Some fear Amtrak is backtracking on the Southwest Chief

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    Kara Mason

    Amtrak’s former chief executive is sounding the alarm that the Southwest Chief passenger-rail route, which has tracks in Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas, may be at risk as the agency makes cuts on the long-distance line. Joe Boardman, who retired from Amtrak in 2016, told the Pueblo Chieftain last week the issue is one that…

  • Rail commission will advise legislators on paying for Pueblo-Fort Collins line

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    JOEY BUNCH

    A state commission has begun exploring ways to realize Colorado transportation officials’ vision of passenger rail service that stretches up and down the Front Range. The commission, which includes government representatives from Denver to Trinidad, has until Dec. 1 to submit to the legislature a plan detailing steps forward and funding options. The ultimate hope…

  • Southwest Chief Commission could steer trains up the Front Range

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    JOEY BUNCH

    The volunteer state commission that’s kept Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rumbling across southern Colorado could begin work soon to bring passenger rail up the Front Range. Pueblo Sen. Leroy Garcia got Senate Bill 153 out of his chamber’s Local Government Committee Tuesday with a unanimous vote Tuesday afternoon. The bill preserves the Southwest Chief Commission and expands its…

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