An article in the Rockford Register Star on September 19 confirms that the Illinois Department of Transportation is going to build the $275 million Metra extension to Rockford.
Study: Thousands could ride Chicago to Rockford train each year Illinois officials returned to Rockford to reassure the public that passenger train service is coming back to Rockford and thousands could ride it
The State tried for years to get Amtrak to build and run the line, but Amtrak declined.
State Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Loves Park, is quoted in the article as saying, “I secured $275 million in our capital plan that we passed a couple years ago so the money is there.”…