Amtrak expansion: KC to St Joseph and Branson

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Amtrak expansion: KC to St Joseph and Branson

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https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local ... 14c36.html
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Re: Amtrak expansion: KC to St Joseph and Branson

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Talked about that a bit in this thread as well

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Re: Amtrak expansion: KC to St Joseph and Branson

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The article mentions airport access. That would be interesting.
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Re: Amtrak expansion: KC to St Joseph and Branson

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TransitOriented wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:41 pm The article mentions airport access. That would be interesting.
Off the top of my head, I believe Dallas has 'heavy-rail' access to DFW. They used Budd RDCs at startup, at least.

Crow-flies, it looks like about 4 miles from MCI to the BNSF rail line. That's a lot of bux and NIMBY's to consider.
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