Rapid City Council members plan to tell the Federal Railroad Administration that their city should be connected to
Sioux Falls and
Minneapolis by passenger rail.
Mayor Jason Salamun read a resolution saying as much out loud at Monday’s city council meeting, after which the council voted unanimously to approve it.
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South Dakota is the only state in the contiguous U.S. to have never had service through Amtrak, the nation’s taxpayer-subsidized passenger rail network. The proposed route through Rapid City, with a stop in Pierre, is one of two possible South Dakota options. The other is a line that would connect Sioux Falls with Kansas City.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/03/05/rapid-city-wants-passenger-rail-sends-support-to-federal-railroad-administration/