Amtrak has expressed interest in building an up to $600 million passenger rail line between Minneapolis and the twin port cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.
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A second conventional-speed train between St. Paul, Minn., and Chicago could be up and running by 2020, Minnesota officials say.
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Read More »A high-speed passenger rail train between the Twin Cities and Chicago may be a little closer to becoming a reality now that a group of funders, including the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority, has committed money for an environmental assessment.
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The state of Wisconsin will pay a Spanish manufacturer nearly $10 million for two trains it built that were never used after Republican Gov. Scott Walker abandoned a rail project.
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Other Midwest cities are running circles — of commuter track — around Milwaukee.
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To make sure southeastern Wisconsin remains a strong economic competitor, business and political leaders are expanding bus routes and turning to other forms of public transportation in their latest attempts to ensure residents have little trouble getting to and from jobs.
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Read More »No written contract means no compensation for high-speed rail work a company did for a project that was abandoned, according to a state Claims Board decision released Tuesday.
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A Canadian Pacific Railway attorney tried Tuesday to persuade the state Claims Board to hand the railroad more than half a million dollars for helping develop a high-speed rail plan before Gov. Scott Walker killed the project.
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Read More »Half a year after the rejection of a train company’s claim related to Gov. Scott Walker’s scotching of a high-speed railway to be built between Milwaukee and Madison, a railway is seeking compensation related to the same project.
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A group of rail enthusiasts called All Aboard Wisconsin is exploring a passenger rail line between Madison and Chicago.
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