City of Anoka requests Amtrak stop
The City of Anoka has formally requested that Amtrak trains stop in their city. All Aboard Minnesota endorses this request. As two thirds of the Twin Cities metropolitan population lives in Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, a stop in the norther ...
MN Senate passes amendment to ban funding for Northern Lights Express (NLX) service
The MN Senate passed an amendment recently that would ban all state funding for the new Twin Cities to Duluth service, the Northen Lights Express (NLX). The House and Governors office are supportive, however. The House Transportation Committee inc ...
All Aboard Minnesota urges Minnesota House and Senate Transportation Leaders to fund passenger rail expansion
Recently, All Aboard Minnesota sent communication to Minnesota House and Senate Transportation Leaders to fund passenger rail expansion. As the session winds down and final decisions are being made, All Aboard Minnesota is doing everything we can to ...
Lots of great information shared at the All Aboard Minnesota Spring Meeting 2022!
The All Aboard Minnesota spring 2022 meeting was a great success and we received many very positive comments. The great news from MnDOT of course was that the 2nd train might begin rolling early next year! The meeting was recorded and you can view by ...
All Aboard Minnesota Testimony for the House Capital Investment Committee hearing 3-8-2022
All Aboard Minnesota testified on behalf of HF 3160 which would provide $26M to study extending the 2nd train frequency between the Twin Cities to Chicago to Fargo/Moorhead, new passenger rail service from the Twin Cities to Des Moines and Kansas Cit ...
New Passenger Rail Legislation
Two new significant passenger rail bills have been recently introduced for the 2022 Minnesota Legislature. Rep Alice Hausman introduced HF 3160, which contains $26M for MnDOT to study two corridors: 1. Extending the 2nd Train Frequency between the Tw ...
All Aboard Minnesota Testimony for the MN House Transportation and Finance Policy Committee
The House Transportation and Finance Policy Committee held a hearing on February 3, inviting the public to testify about the impact of the Infrastructure Bill would have on the states transportation system. All Aboard Minnesota was invited to testif ...
Amtrak Service Cuts
Recently Amtrak announced service cuts across the entire system beginning in late January and lasting until late March 2022. This is largely due as we understand to the Covid impact. If there are any updates on this situation, we will keep you posted ...
Amtrak pledges support for CP-KCS combination
Happy New Year to all of our members and friends! Some good news to start off the new year; yesterday Amtrak and the Canadian Pacific railway released this joint press release in support of thier new partnership with the acquisition of the Kansas Cit ...
US House has passed the Infrastructure Bill!
Now that the US House has passed the Infrastructure Bill, it will go to President Biden and signed into law. This is one of the most comprehensive infrastructure investments the US has seen in probably more than 60 years! Roads, bridges, waterways, e ...