Rail Passenger Meeting for TN, AL, MS, AR, KY

[lepearso]

The Tennessee Association of Railroad Passengers will hold a Rail Passenger Meeting on Saturday, August 18, 2018, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee.

We cordially invite rail passengers from Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi to join us.

The price to attend is $30/person, which includes meeting materials and a buffet lunch.

For more information log on to the TARP website at www.tarprail.org.

Here are some of the issues we will discuss and take action on:

-TARP's official response to management decisions at Amtrak

-Ways to advance and promote planned Thruway Bus connections

-Increasing grassroots support for the City of New Orleans route

-Increasing our outreach and activity in the Tri Cities area

Hope to see you there!

 

[Anthony V]

A note about the fourth issue TARP will discuss: Virginia is currently studying Amtrak service to the Tri-Cities via a station in Bristol. The economic impact study, the second of three studies on this proposed service is planned to wrap up in late August, with the third (cost analysis) study to start shortly thereafter. The hope is to have Bristol service in place by 2022.