{"id":16022,"date":"2025-06-26T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16022\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:22:17","slug":"passenger-rail-linking-phoenix-and-tucson-moves-one-step-closer-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16022\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger rail linking Phoenix and Tucson moves one step closer to reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-anticipated vision of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgun9.com\/operation-safe-roads\/will-you-be-able-to-take-a-train-from-tucson-to-phoenix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">connecting Arizona\u2019s two largest metro areas<\/a> by passenger rail is gaining momentum.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved the Arizona Department of Transportation\u2019s (ADOT) initial plan submission for the potential rail line.<\/p>\n<p>With this approval, ADOT can now move forward with developing a comprehensive Service Development Plan. This provides a blueprint outlining the infrastructure, service models and financial requirements for the proposed project.<\/p>\n<p>Federal grant funding to begin that work is expected to be awarded in the coming weeks. ADOT will begin work on the Service Development Plan once it receives this funding.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed corridor would stretch roughly 160 miles, connecting Buckeye in the west Phoenix area to Tucson, with multiple potential stops in between. The route was originally selected in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>The current study builds on that foundation with more detailed engineering, environmental analysis and operational planning.<\/p>\n<p>The study, which is expected to take two to three years to complete It will include details such as potential ridership demand, financial needs, engineering designs, timeline and environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>ADOT says it will carry out extensive public and stakeholder outreach to determine details like station locations, governance and long-term funding options. Public meetings and opportunities for community input are expected throughout the study phase.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Phoenix-Tucson Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor Study and to view previous documents, visit the<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> ADOT project website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long-anticipated vision of connecting Arizona\u2019s two largest metro areas by passenger rail is gaining momentum. The Federal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[15941,5229,5643,15942,1587,1589,15943,15944,15945,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-16022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-adot","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-arizona-passenger-rail","12":"tag-az","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-tucson-passenger-rail","15":"tag-tucson-to-phoenix-rail-line","16":"tag-tucson-to-phoenix-train","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114749174214482462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}