The campaign to save the Hoosier State Amtrak route continues to gain momentum while Indiana leaders continue to explore whether there is a cost-effective way to operate the line.
At stake is daily passenger rail service to Lafayette, Crawfordsville and other communities along the 196-mile route between Indianapolis and Chicago.
Federal funding for Amtrak routes shorter than 750 miles ends Oct. 1, and the Indiana Department of Transportation has stood firm in stating it will not pick up the $3 million annual cost of running the line.
Without the four-days-a-week Hoosier State, western Indiana cities would be left with three-day-a-week service provided by the long-distance Cardinal running from Chicago to New York.
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