Train Service to Return to Springfield ?
Will train service be returning to Springfield ? If it will, the resurrection of an old Big Four depot will not be part of the plan. Instead, Amtrak is thinking about an unmanned open air "bus stop" sort of place just south of High St. near the center of town. This would bring it very close to the hotel and Kuss auditorium making it convenient for visitors wanting to go to a show if the stop was located there (very near the location of the old station). It won't be a high speed connection, rains routinely have to slow down a lot to go through town which has provided a bit of inner city passenger service for stupid young men for years.
Unfortunately, it won't be of much use and won't improve the town much if stops, like in Cincinnati, are a couple days a week and between 1 and 3 AM.

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