Welcome to the Illinois High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail website. This site has been created to facilitate public input and provide information about the process and schedule. We invite you to explore the site regarding these studies. You can also visit www.connectthemidwest.com for additional Midwest High-Speed Rail information.
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Mich. Ill., Ind. give $600,000 for fast rail study KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Michigan, Illinois and Indiana are contributing $200,000 each to a $4 million study to creating a high-speed rail corridor between Chicago and Detroit. more >
Amtrak Enlists iPhones as a Service Tool Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone. more >
Amtrak will scrap hole punchers, use fat iPhone scanners instead We're all for replacing paper tickets with app-based digital scanners, but these chubby iPhone ticket scanners that Amtrak plans to use make the out-going hole puncher look svelte in comparison more >
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*The dollar amounts in the above map reflect the money awarded and are not indicative of the total cost of the project.