The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently delivered its final daily long-distance report to Congress with only one new long-distance route being recommended for development.
“Montana is the epicenter for two of these preferred routes in this long-distance study,” said Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority (BSPRA) chair Dave Strohmaier.
That route is the Big Sky North Coast Corridor which would run through southern Montana. This route, formerly known as the North Coast Hiawatha — which ended operations in the late 1970s — is being recommended to be restored with the hopes that it will bring Amtrak service to Billings, Bozeman, Helena, Butte and Missoula…