Stu Nicholson & Brian Pitzer / June 10
When you see Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited roll into Erie Union Station in the wee hours of the morning, you begin to understand two things. First, that the historic station still has the capacity to handle a lot more trains. Second, that one train each way each day is not enough to address our local and regional mobility shortcomings. We missed out last fall on a federal rail corridor grant that would have upgraded service between Cleveland, Buffalo and points beyond — service that would have eventually included more frequent passenger trains for Erie. We missed out last fall on a federal rail corridor grant that would have upgraded service between Cleveland, Buffalo and points beyond — service that would have eventually included more frequent passenger trains for Erie. We call upon our civic and private sector leaders to support both a new federal corridor grant and urge our members of Congress to support Amtrak's separate funding request for station upgrades. We cannot afford to let these two opportunities to pass by like a train in the night.
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