Chippewa Valley Eyeing Private-Public Partnership For Passenger Rail


Chippewa Valley Eyeing Private-Public Partnership For Passenger Rail


Partnership Seen As Better Way Than Waiting For Government Action

The Chippewa Valley is taking a different approach to bringing passenger rail service back after an almost 60-year absence. 

There hasn’t been passenger train service from Eau Claire to St. Paul, Minnesota, since July 1963. 

Now, the West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition, which has existed for 20 years in the Eau Claire area, is developing its own private-public partnership that could bring passenger rail service from St. Paul to Eau Claire in the next three to five years. 

"We’re taking a more non-traditional approach to getting this service started," Scott Rogers, coalition chair, said. "But we think that will make it more successful and make it last for the long term."...

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Ken Notes: I love this idea but when I sat on Thompson`s Rail Advisory Board, we were constantly reminded that unlike roads, the rails are not public. To be honest it may be the single greatest mistake made in American history. OK one of the greatest, and we are working on new ones daily...

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