Bringing Passenger Rail Back To The Eastern Slope //

Colorado has geared up its efforts to bring passenger rail service to the Front Range, and Cheyenne is staying on course to eventually connect Wyoming with the new line. 

The Front Range Passenger Rail project would establish daily passenger train service on an existing rail line along the I-25 corridor, initially from Pueblo to Fort Collins in Colorado with later plans to expand the line north and south to Wyoming and New Mexico.

The idea of a multi-state rail line has been floated around for decades. However, the project gained serious traction when Congress enacted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021,  providing $66 billion in funding for passenger rail projects around the country. 

In my opinion, the I-25 corridor is perfect for rail. After all it is home to economies spanning from small town to big city including; Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM; Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Fort Collins, CO; and Cheyanne, Casper, and Buffalo, WY. The ease of mobility in the region can only be a positive effect on tourism bring more funds to a beautiful part of the US.