Passenger Trains > Ohio Amtrak maybe

Today Gov. Mike DeWine authorized his rail agency to study Amtrak service on two routes:
   Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit   and    Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati
This is only a STUDY.............     And the USDOT will pay for it.  

BUT in Ohio this is a big political step for a Republican governor.  DeWine was easily re-elected in November, 2022.  So, he could afford to authorize a study.  This was encouraged by Amtrak in their new corridors vision plan of 4-21 (Amtrak Connects US), which included both of the above routes.  

Yes, we remember Gov. Kasich in 2011 who sent $400M back to Washington, DC and said no thanks.    For us in Ohio, today's announcement gives us hope.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/23 15:14 by MEKoch.

How does the Legislature feel about it ? 

The Lake Cities needs to come back, I know it was great using that train for people connecting with 48 and 49, but will the study pay off? I doubt it the way Ohio is!

Lake Cities means no Pontiac, don't know about Detroit, and lousy track down to Toledo. The Thruway bus to Michigan is actually better. Ohio doesn't care about Michigan anyway. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/08/23 18:03 by joemvcnj.

This route has been studied to death over the last 40 or so years. On YouTube, there is a video from the early 90s of a 3 car Amtrak test train north of Columbus and again just east of Springfield.

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Study after study after study.. It's a broken record...

PC1974 Wrote:
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> Study after study after study.. It's a broken
> record...

Seriously. How hard is it to simply say “we are going to fund a train in each direction daily for 4 years and see how it does.” Use the previous studies as a basis for picking station locations etc. there are already stations in Cincy and Cleveland. Put one in Columbus on the north side of town near Ohio State and get on with it.

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PC1974 Wrote:
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> Study after study after study.. It's a broken
> record...

You mean $tudy after $tudy after $tudy.  The eggheads get all the money until there isn't any left.

I'll believe it when I can buy a ticket.

Another empty, meaningless  study which will result in nothing.
"A Republican Governor." I heard the same support and promise
from "Republican Governor" Jim Rhoades back in 1976. How did
that work out? 
Sad fact of the matter is car crazy, highway happy dumb ass Kasich
foolishly wasted a one-time only opportunity back in 2010. If he had 
acted properly, those trains would now be running already.
Sorry to diminish your "hope" MEKoch, but it ain't happening.
Such is life in Ohighway - You know that much better than me!
MEKoch Wrote:
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> Today Gov. Mike DeWine authorized his rail agency
> to study Amtrak service on two routes:
>    Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit   and   
> Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati
> This is only a STUDY.............     And the
> USDOT will pay for it.  
>
> BUT in Ohio this is a big political step for a
> Republican governor.  DeWine was easily
> re-elected in November, 2022.  So, he could
> afford to authorize a study.  This was encouraged
> by Amtrak in their new corridors vision plan of
> last year, which included both of the above
> routes.  
>
> Yes, we remember Gov. Kasich in 2011 who sent
> $400M back to Washington, DC and said no thanks. 
>   For us in Ohio, today's announcement gives us
> hope.

MEKoch Wrote:
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> Today Gov. Mike DeWine authorized his rail agency
> to study Amtrak service on two routes:
>    Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit   and   
> Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati
> This is only a STUDY.............     And the
> USDOT will pay for it.  
>
> BUT in Ohio this is a big political step for a
> Republican governor.  DeWine was easily
> re-elected in November, 2022.  So, he could
> afford to authorize a study.  This was encouraged
> by Amtrak in their new corridors vision plan of
> last year, which included both of the above
> routes.  
>
> Yes, we remember Gov. Kasich in 2011 who sent
> $400M back to Washington, DC and said no thanks. 
>   For us in Ohio, today's announcement gives us
> hope.

Hopefully putting Amtrak back into Cleveland Union Terminal.

Geep Wrote:
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> MEKoch Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Today Gov. Mike DeWine authorized his rail
> agency
> > to study Amtrak service on two routes:
> >    Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit   and   
> > Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati
> > This is only a STUDY.............     And
> the
> > USDOT will pay for it.  
> >
> > BUT in Ohio this is a big political step for a
> > Republican governor.  DeWine was easily
> > re-elected in November, 2022.  So, he could
> > afford to authorize a study.  This was
> encouraged
> > by Amtrak in their new corridors vision plan of
> > last year, which included both of the above
> > routes.  
> >
> > Yes, we remember Gov. Kasich in 2011 who sent
> > $400M back to Washington, DC and said no
> thanks. 
> >   For us in Ohio, today's announcement gives
> us
> > hope.
>
> Hopefully putting Amtrak back into Cleveland Union
> Terminal.

Is the trackage still there?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/23 17:54 by ProAmtrak.