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State takes first step toward restoring passenger train service to Peoria

The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District has just issued this press release regarding the effort to restore passenger train service to Peoria:

IDOT Requests Feasibility Study To Bring Passenger Rail Service To Peoria

(Peoria) – On March 8th 2007, a group of community leaders and organizers along with representatives from the passenger rail [...]

April 26th, 2007 | Category: City of Peoria, Port District, State of Illinois | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)

Rail Service important for Peoria to be “hub of shipping”

 

I took Bill Dennis’s advice and took a look at WCBU’s new website.  Right on the front page is this story (reprinted here in its entirety because it’s short and I couldn’t find a permalink): PORT DISTRICT STUDIED Peoria – 11/3/05 The effort to make the Peoria region a hub of shipping has [...]

November 5th, 2005 | Category: Kellar Branch, Port District | Comments are closed