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TCMC 2nd Daily train St.Paul-Chicago
Most of the build outs are along the Mississippi River cities and consist of a few sidings being lengthened or upgraded to mainline, a few smoothed out curves and a few crossovers.
The Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (TCMC) Intercity Passenger Rail Project adds a second daily round-trip passenger train on the 411-mile corridor between Chicago, Illinois and Twin Cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis) in Minnesota. The TCMC Service will follow Amtrak's existing long-distance Empire Builder route. The new service will complement the existing Empire Builder schedule, providing travel flexibility with both a morning and mid-day departure from Chicago and St. Paul.
The partners on this project include:
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois Departments of Transportation
Amtrak
Federal Railroad Administration
La Crosse Area Planning Committee
Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authorit