Minnesota US Congressional Senators and Representatives to hold Amtrak accountable
Citing many Amtrak operational concerns, All Aboard Minnesota board members met with staff members of Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, and Representatives Betty McCollum and Dean Phillips. In letters sent to each of these offices, we outlined m ...
WisDOT and MnDOT Hosting 2nd Twin Cities-Chicago Passenger Train Frequency Public Meetings - November 1 and 2
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) invite you to attend an in-person open house and presentation in La Crosse, Wis. or Winona, Minn. Design plans for the project's improvement ...
All Aboard Minnesota provides input to MnDOT for updated state rail plan
As MnDOT works to update the state rail passenger plan, All Aboard Minnesota was invited to give our high level input on ranking the next state rail passenger corridors. The Federal Railroad Administration now requires that all state plans score and ...
Streets MN Podcast - Possibilities of Passenger Rail in Minnesota
Streets MN's Ian Buck interviews All Aboard Minnesota's Brian Nelson about the status and possible future direction of more passenger rail service for Minnesota. Click Here ...
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 ...