June 22 Passenger rail forum, with All Aboard Wisconsin, in MIlwaukee.

Mark Your Calendars for the Next All Aboard Wisconsin
 Passenger Rail Forum!
      WHAT:   All Aboard Wisconsin’s 6th Passenger Rail Forum.
      WHEN:   Wednesday, June 22, 2016 (Early evening – TimeTBA)
      WHERE: Milwaukee City Hall – 200 East Wells Street, 53202

Join All Aboard Wisconsin and special guest Milwaukee Alderman Bob Baumann for a lively discussion of the current state of passenger rail service in Wisconsin and what the future may hold as we work to expand that service.
What service is available now, and where can you travel on the train from Wisconsin?
Where and how can you use coordinated “Thruway” intercity bus service to connect with train service?
Where would you like to be able to travel by train within and from Wisconsin?
What’s “in the works” for improvements to passenger train service in our state and the Midwest?
What is All Aboard Wisconsin doing to increase the availability of passenger train service coordinated with other forms of regional and local public transportation services in Wisconsin and how you can help!

Train service to Madison returns to the local news ! :

Another editorial regarding the expansion of train service in Wisconsin, and re-introduction of train service to Madison.  From the Wisconsin State Journal:  "Train talk worth pursuing."

This is the third item in a week from All Aboard Wisconsin.  See also : Passenger service proposed between Madison and Chicago

And also: Time to badger Congress for Amtrak expansion

Hiawatha sets new ridership record, for ninth year. Too bad that it won't set even higher ridership numbers because it doesn't go through Madison.

For the ninth time in the last decade, Amtrak's Hiawatha Service between 
Milwaukee and Chicago set a calendar year ridership record.

Last year's ridership of the passenger rail line totaled 832,500 
compared to 823,163 the year before, which was the first time the 
Hiawatha Service surpassed 800,000.

Amtrak schedules seven round trips between Milwaukee's Intermodal 
Station and Chicago's Union Station Monday through Saturday and six on 
Sunday with stops at Mitchell International Airport, Sturtevant, near 
Racine and Glenview, Ill.

According to Amtrak's 2012 fiscal year data, the Hiawatha Service is the 
busiest Amtrak corridor in the Midwest and the sixth busiest in the 
nation. Monthly ridership records were set last year in January, 
February, March, April, June, August, September and October.

The Hiawatha Service is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by 
Wisconsin and Illinois.

A new budget for 2013

One of the reasons that the Hiawatha extension through Madison failed was that many legislators heard only from the constituency that didn't use trains, or otherwise saw no need for improved train service.  Now is the time for readers of this blog to reach out and let their particular State Legislator know that they support trains.  The State of WI budget will be decided upon within the next several weeks.  Now is the time to let the legislators know that we support expanded train service within the Badger State.

WisARP meeting, La Crosse WI, October 27

Beginning at 10 am, at the La Crosse Radisson, 200 Harborview Plaza, in La Crosse.  As with the All Aboard Wisconsin Meeting, the general public is invited to attend.  

NARP & MWHSRA combination meeting, and WisARP Fall meeting:

The National Association of Rail Passengers will be holding a meeting in conjunction with the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, in Milwaukee, on October 20.  It will be held at the Hilton City Center, just a couple of blocks away from the Milwaukee train station.  It begins at 10:00 AM.

"All Aboard Wisconsin" First formal community forum, October 23, Eau Claire, WI

There will be the first formal community forum of "All Aboard Wisconsin" held in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at 7 PM at the Chippewa Valley Technical College.  Clairemont Business Education Center, 620 W.  Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54701.

Go around to the north side of the building.

"Where do you want to go by Train ? "

7:00 - 9:00 PM Tue, Oct. 23, 2012

Chippewa Valley Technical College – Clairemont Campus Business Education Center Commons 620 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701 (north side)
CHIPPEWA VALLEY area residents! Please join ALL ABOARD WISCONSIN at a Community Forum in Eau Claire to discuss the role of passenger trains in Wisconsin’s future. This is the second in a series of Community Forums we are hosting throughout Wisconsin. Our goal: to engage citizens in thoughtful, informed conversations about our transportation choices in the coming decades.
YOUR involvement is needed to help develop a statewide plan which includes intercity passenger train service – in conjunction with efficiently coordinated, handicap-accessible connections to other transportation choices like air travel, bus service, taxi, auto, and municipal transit.
ALL ABOARD WISCONSIN is an alliance of organizations and individuals promoting passenger trains and connecting transportation choices statewide as an integral part of Wisconsin’s and the nation’s travel network. In this Forum we’ll provide an overview of our existing transportation system, consider potential routes and destinations, and provide a big-picture vision

of our passenger train future! 

For more information:  All Aboard Wisconsin twitter feed.  Or, Western Wisconsin rail coalition.