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City staff identify Monona lakefront as preferred station area in final draft passenger‑rail study
Summary
A staff final draft recommends the Monona lakefront area as Madison’s preferred passenger‑rail station site, with the Johnson Street yard as a Plan B; the study assumes 3–4 daily round trips initially, 700‑foot platforms and modest station buildings; next steps hinge on WisDOT’s Corridor ID service‑development planning and federal funding.
City transportation staff presented a final draft of the Madison passenger rail station study on Nov. 19 and flagged the Monona lakefront as the top recommended station‑area, with the Johnson Street yard as a secondary option.
Liz Callan, a transportation planner with the City of Madison Department of Transportation, told the commission the study is preliminary and intended to feed into the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Corridor ID federal process and a later service development planning phase led by WisDOT and Amtrak.
The study’s assumptions include using existing track corridors, initial service in the range of about 3–4 daily round trips (with the…
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