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What changes in freight and passenger rail traffic make this latest study necessary?

April 26, 2017changes freight latest necessary passenger rail study Traffic

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What changes in freight and passenger rail traffic make this latest study necessary?

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The Union Pacific (UP) Railroad intends to increase the number of freight trains per day through Springfield to about 22 over the next several years. In addition, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has applied for funding to inaugurate high speed (110 mph) passenger train service between Chicago and St. Louis. If funding is secured, 18 passenger trains will run through Springfield each day. Together, these increases in rail traffic would result in a total of 40 trains per day on the UP’s Third Street tracks.