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  1. …in reply to @UrbanEastNash
    @UrbanEastNash There's a Federal planning grant on creating service on this corridor, though the times are unlikely to outcompete driving, much less flying. wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/nashville-atlanta-amtrak-railway-takes-step-forward/
    1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
      @UrbanEastNash In a region where few people have made housing choices around an existing rail network, any new rail line has to build up that mode share from zero. So, we're talking about the Amtrak local, not the Acela (slow end of HSR). Building straight-line rail on new tracks is pricey.