Private Plans?
King County in Washington and its port were going to purchase some disused freight rail tracks from BNSF, and turn them into a trail. Of course they would keep the option to use them for transit later on, but once you go rail-to-trail, good luck in going the other way - people get attached to trails rather quickly.
Photo Courtesy www.eastsiderailnow.org | So now there a private group called All Aboard Washington which says it has made an offer to purchase the right-of-way with the intention of running passenger service on it. Not many details, but they claim to have the financing. Are they just goading the local bureaucracy into attempting rail service? Sounds more like they are trying to slap it out of slumber with respect to alternative transportation modes. Apparently there is $16M in a massive ballot measure on November's ballot to 'study' whether or not the line would make sense. Sounds like that would be too little too late for many people. |
Like any good issue, there is a site: Eastside Rail Now
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csa | 10:06 PM |
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