The State Rail Plan process continues as the committees prepare draft reports for the body to consider.  Yesterday, I reviewed a draft technical memorandum on Minnesota’s Passenger Rail System.  You can read the draft memorandum here

The memorandum includes information on possible Mankato-Twin Cities passenger rail service.  Surprisingly high potential ridership along this route was the most striking information I came across in reading the memorandum yesterday. Of course, the State Rail Plan process is intensive and exhaustive—this memorandum is a draft and will likley change as investigation and discussion continues.  Nonetheless, it is a boost to local efforts to institute rail service from Mankato.
The Mankato Free Press wrote about passenger rail service and the Mankato-Twin Cities route in today’s edition. The Free Press included a chart summarizing some of the memorandum’s information:

You can find the entire article here