The authority working to bring passenger trains back to Reading and Philadelphia is moving ahead with state money, continuing that project that would put Phoenixville back on the passenger rail map, writes Karen Shuey for The Daily Local News.
At its Monday, Oct. 26, meeting, the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority voted unanimously to put $654,000 in state grants toward the next round of planning for a line linking Reading, Pottstown, Phoenixville, and Philadelphia.
That money will fund rail operation simulations with Amtrak, in coordination with Norfolk Southern and SEPTA…