Passenger rail study could connect Delaware, Maryland communities

SUSSEX COUNTY Del.- According to WILMAPCO, a study is underway to determine whether passenger rail service could return to parts of Delmarva, potentially connecting Wilmington or Newark with communities in Delaware and Maryland.

The State of Delaware received a Federal Railroad Administration Corridor Identification and Development grant to study the feasibility of extending passenger rail service called “Diamond State Line” south through Kent and Sussex counties to either Salisbury or Berlin, Maryland.

Delaware Transit Corporation and the Delaware Department of Transportation will manage the first step of the study…

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