Imagine hopping on a train in downtown Tallahassee to spend a weekend in New Orleans’ French Quarter, then coming back, twisting through the rural charm of the Gulf Coast.
More than a decade has passed since thundering passenger locomotives stopped in Tallahassee or anywhere else east of New Orleans.
But that could all change as the Southern Rail Commission looks to restore rail service from the Big Easy to Orlando, which would include a stop in the capital city.
This year, the SRC asked Amtrak to evaluate options for bringing train service back. The popular Gulf Coast Limited rail line closed in 2005 in the wake of destruction of miles of tracks in Hurricane Katrina.
The Amtrak report looks at three possibilities of restoring the rail line, all with stops in Tallahassee.
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