MnDOT is asking for your input for the state rail plan! Join us!

April 17, 2024

This invitation from MnDOT below provides AAMN members with an opportunity to attend meetings to discuss the update of the State Rail Plan. Please consider attending one of the meetings and expressing your support for AAMN Passenger rail priorities, including:

  • Getting the 2nd train to Chicago underway

  • Studying the extension of the 2nd train to Fargo/Moorhead

  • Implementing the NLX to Duluth

  • Including the Twin Cities - Des Moines-Kansas City Route and other Long distance routes proposed by the FRA in the State Rail Plan

  • including new proposed corridor routes from Chicago & Eau Claire

Thanks for your support of Passenger Rail and your membership in AAMN!

AAMN Board of Directors

Join us for a public meeting in St. Cloud, Duluth, St. Paul or Mankato!

MnDOT is updating the Minnesota State Rail Plan and as the ultimate beneficiary of this work, we want to hear from you. We are hosting a series of public meetings to provide you with an opportunity to learn about rail plans in Minnesota, provide feedback on rail services and potential impacts and areas of concern.

Upcoming public meeting dates and locations include:

Where:

When:

Duluth
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
506 W Michigan St.
Duluth, MN 55802

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
5-7 p.m.

St. Paul
Union Depot
214 4th St. E.
St. Paul, MN 55101

Wednesday, April 24, 2025
5-7 p.m.

Mankato
Blue Earth County Historical Society
424 Warren St.
Mankato, MN 56001

Thursday, April 25, 2024
5-7 p.m.

More information

To learn more, visit the State Rail Plan webpage and take the State Rail Plan Public Engagement Survey.

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MnDOT invites and encourages participation by all people in their programs, services and activities. If you need an ASL, a foreign language interpreter, or documents in an alternative format (such as braille, large print or in a different language) at no cost, please email your request to Janet Miller at ADArequest.dot@state.mn.us or call 651-366-4720. Relay service: 711.

If you need any other reasonable accommodation to participate (such as seating modification or auxiliary aids), please email your request to Accessibility.DOT@state.mn.us or call 1-833-400-8432. Relay service: 711.