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Date: 09/02/25 19:02
Atlanta needs a new station
Author: Chessie1963

but $700 MILLION?  Seriously? 

https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/intercity/atlanta-study-seeks-to-determine-site-for-new-amtrak-station/

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Date: 09/02/25 21:08
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: goduckies

Georgia wants to get in on the railroad jobs program lol

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Date: 09/02/25 21:22
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: pdt

625000 for a study and 700M for a station?    Cant we do anything in  this country without featherbedding, payoffs, political "donations".

 

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Date: 09/02/25 21:55
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: ts1457

pdt Wrote:
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> 625000 for a study and 700M for a station?   
> Cant we do anything in  this country without
> featherbedding, payoffs, political "donations".

For a pair of highly unreliable through LDT trains.

Of course the intention is some commuter routes and intercity corridors, but get a route or two going first before making a big deal about the terminal..

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Date: 09/02/25 23:19
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: NPRocky

I assume the timeline for this is ten years or more out, way, way longer than should be necessary.

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Date: 09/03/25 03:06
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: joemvcnj

They haven't spent a dime on the current station since the Olympics, and that was only to add an elevator.  

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Date: 09/03/25 03:55
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: ctillnc

If I had a dollar for every news article written about a replacement station in Atlanta, I'd be as wealthy as Warren Buffett by now. This has been going on ever since Amtrak took over the Crescent in 1979. Downtown. Atlantic Station. The former BOP plant in Doraville. On and on.  

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Date: 09/03/25 20:08
Re: Atlanta needs a new station
Author: DocVooDoo

Chessie1963 Wrote:
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> but $700 MILLION?  Seriously? 
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> https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/intercity/atl
> anta-study-seeks-to-determine-site-for-new-amtrak-
> station/

It's a fantastic question Chelsie 1963, and one I thought worthy of further discussion, so I started a separate thread to build upon it.  Thanks for stimulating the thoughts about it!

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