From WDRB: Grant to study new passenger rail service between Louisville and Indianapolis
Berry Craig
By MARCUS GREEN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A regional planning group has landed a $500,000 federal grant to begin looking at potential rail service between Louisville and Indianapolis.
The funds from the Federal Railroad Administration will be used to start assessing things like the possible location of stations, ridership estimates and other improvements to the existing rail line. Amtrak, the nation’s only intercity service, would likely be the operator.
“This is just the first step,” said Andy Rush, transportation director for the Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency, or KIPDA, which sought the funds with the backing of Louisville Metro government and the Town of Clarksville.