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[KevinKorell]

Mitchell, SD Republic, 4/20/24:

 

 

  State transportation head doubts passenger rail service is a real possibility for South Dakota    

 

 

The head of the South Dakota Department of Transportation dismissed the possibility of passenger rail in the state during a meeting of the Railroad Authority Board on Wednesday, April 17.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading,  4/23/24:

 

 

   Report: State DOT leader doubts passenger rail will arrive in South Dakota      

 

 

South Dakota Department of Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt has dismissed the possibility that Amtrak service would become a reality in the state, according to a local news report.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Dakota News Now,  7/1/24:

 

 

   Costs, benefits, and priority the latest update in Amtrak expansion to South Dakota    

 

 

Possible Amtrak expansion to South Dakota is moving along, albeit slowly.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Negative opinion in South Dakota Standard,   Rapid City, SD, 7/5/24:

 

 

 

     Let’s get back on track with the facts: Adding passenger rail to South Dakota would be a foolish error  

 

Dan Bilka’s most-recent South Dakota Standard treatise assessing the Federal Railroad Administration’s recent Amtrak Long Distance Service Study can best be described as an alternate reality, brushing aside its salient points.

 

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