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Is Montana ready for commuter rail service? You can participate in the discussion this Thursday and Friday.

Promoters of rail service say now is the time for open discussion

A Montana Rail Link engine pulled one car slowly north on the Bitterroot Branch line through Missoula’s Slant Street neighborhood on a recent weekday morning, sounding its horn every few moments.

If the stars align for promoters of rail service in the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys, as many as 1,500 commuters may someday travel those tracks in air-conditioned, diesel-powered coaches to stations along the line and a downtown terminal.
“It’s a worthy goal,” said commuter rail proponent and local vintner Andy Sponseller.

“What we’re looking for is a path forward,” said Alex Taft, a retired urban planner and one of the organizers with Sponseller of a Thursday symposium at the Doubletree Inn entitled, “A Discussion on the Feasibility of Commuter Rail Service in the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys.” http://www.matr.net/events.phtml?showdetail=1532

City Club Missoula – Passenger Rail Service For Bitterroot-Missoula Corridor, 6/16. Missoula http://www.matr.net/events.phtml?showdetail=1620

By ROBERT STRUCKMAN of the Missoulian

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