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[KevinKorell]

Well, the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail line, also known as KRM, was left for dead in 2011, but now the idea may be awakening again.  We have news of a potential station along the KRM line, which would be useless if trains never run along said line.

 

From WTMJ-TV, Channel 4 in Milwaukee, WI, 12/3/18:

 

 

 

Milwaukee plans to buy land for possible passenger station on rail line

 

 

 

The city of Milwaukee has plans to buy land near where the new Komatsu Mining Corp. headquarters will be for a possible passenger station for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

WIS Business,  8/9/19:

 

 

 

Private companies exploring Milwaukee-area commuter rail service

 

 

 

 

Eight years after Republican lawmakers derailed hopes for a commuter rail line connecting Milwaukee to Racine and Kenosha, a private company is studying whether to revive the idea.

 

But the plan by Wisconsin Transit & Realty Group — which could include trains to Waukesha and other suburbs — is likely to require some tax dollars, a significant political hurdle while the Legislature remains under GOP control.

 

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Related thread:

 

Wisconsin transit authority terminates proposed KRM project

[KevinKorell]

And KRM surfaces yet again in 2021.  From Racine, WI Journal-Times, 6/3/21:

 

 

 

    With infrastructure money from American Jobs Plan, a Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter train could be revived  

 

 

 Twice over the past 15 years, headlines from The Journal Times have read “KRM is dead.”

 

KRM is the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter train. However, as Congress considers a new infrastructure bill, perhaps the third time could be the charm.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Opinion in Racine County Eye, 7/6/21:
 

 

   OPINION: KRM Commuter Rail Revival. Nice Try, But…    

 
 
There are some things that you really wish could happen. But wishing doesn’t make it so.
 
A few weeks back, the Racine Common Council, on a 15-0 vote, approved a resolution supporting federal investment in constructing the KRM (Kenosha Racine Milwaukee) commuter rail project.

 

 
Opinion

[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine,   8/23/22:

 

 

 Long-stalled Kenosha-Milwaukee commuter rail proposal gets new, if limited, state support    

 

 

The state of Wisconsin has filed a brief document with the Federal Transit Administration in support of a private corporation’s plan to provide commuter rail service between Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wis. — a long-discussed but moribund project dating to 1998.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Kenosha, WI News, 9/2/22:
 

 

    Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter railway idea returns with new twist 

 

 

A decades-old plan to connect Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee by commuter rail has resurfaced after a profile of the project was posted on the Federal Transit Administration website, this time proposing to have a private corporation own and operate the rail.

 

 

This is the story.

[KevinKorell]

Urban Milwaukee, 1/2/24:

 

 

    Possible Revival For Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Rail Line     

 

 

Work is underway on reviving the long-contemplated Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) commuter rail line.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Kenosha, WI News, 1/7/24:
 

 

Kenosha Mayor voices support for Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter railway   

 

 

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian is voicing support for a long-derailed plan to create a commuter rail line between the cities of Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee, with related items expected to come through the city in the coming months.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine,  1/16/24:

 

 

  Kenosha, Wis., council to consider resolution supporting commuter line to Milwaukee    

 

 

The Kenosha City Council will consider a resolution on Wednesday in support of a long-discussed commuter rail line to Milwaukee, the Kenosha News reports.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Milwaukee magazine, 3/8/24:

 

 

    A Proposed Commuter Rail Line Could Take You to the Airport    

 

 

A proposed commuter rail line aims to do something that Amtrak hasn’t done in 19 years: Bring significant numbers of passengers to Mitchell International Airport by train.

 

 

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