MILWAUKEE — Amtrak’s proposal to add a route between Milwaukee and Madison could come to fruition within the next five years, according to our partners at the Milwaukee Business Journal.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway predicts that could happen with funding from the massive federal infrastructure bill, the Milwaukee Business Journal reports.
Rhodes-Conway, former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, and the mayors of Chicago and the Twin Cities submitted a letter to federal officials supporting the expansion of Amtrak service to Wisconsin in April 2021.
The bipartisan $1.2 trillion bill was signed by President Joe Biden in November 2021. The bill includes $66 billion for Amtrak to maintain existing lines and expand service.
The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that the plan includes the Milwaukee-Madison route, as well as another new state highway between Milwaukee and Green Bay.
According to the Milwaukee Business Journal, the two proposed Wisconsin routes would be extensions of Amtrak’s existing Hiawatha round-trip service between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Currently in the works, a new round-trip service connects the Twin Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago on the Empire Builder and Hiawatha routes. The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Transportation have received $45 million in federal funding and will begin service in 2024.
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