Newsweek, 5/17/24
High Speed Rail Plan Proposed For Chicago
A congressman from Illinois has called for the construction of a new high-speed rail line between Chicago and St. Louis in neighboring Missouri, which he said would cut the journey time between the two cities to two and a half hours.
The proposal came from Representative Mike Quigley, who represents Illinois's 5th congressional district, via an article published by The Chicago Tribune.
It comes amid a surge in interest about high-speed rail across the U.S. with a number of new lines proposed across the country. In April construction started on America's first superfast track, to take passengers 218 miles between Las Vegas and southern California.
In his Chicago Tribune article Quigley described this new link as "a great example of what could be possible in the Midwest."
