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Library
Review materials, past and present, in our resources library.
Informational Materials
2023 Newsletter (August 2023)
Advocacy Guide (August 2023)
Overview Presentation (Updated January 2024)
District Fact Sheet (Updated January 2024)
July 13, 2022
Service Development Plan: Background and Future
August 25, 2022
Rail 101
September 15, 2022
Rail 102
Grant Applications
In March 2023, the FRPR District submitted an application to be included in the FRA’s Corridor Identification and Development Program. If accepted into the Program, the FRPR District would receive an initial $500,000 in federal funds.
The Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission was awarded $548,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration to complete a Service Development Plan from Pueblo to Fort Collins. Local partners, including CDOT, the Rail Commission, ColoRail, the City and County of Pueblo, and the City of Trinidad, provided $3,377,000 in matching funds.
Past Studies and Reports
This report documents the history of the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission and lays the foundation for the transition to the Front Range Passenger Rail District.
Front Range Passenger Rail Alternatives Analysis (2020)
Southwest Chief Thru-Car Service Study
The Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission and CDOT received a federal grant to study the feasibility of adding passenger rail service between Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and the existing Amtrak Southwest Chief station in La Junta. The Southwest Chief Thru-Car Service Study is a project to understand a range of potential service options for passenger rail in southwest Colorado. The options being considered are known as alternatives and will include operational strategies as well as capital investments—or the changes to physical infrastructure—needed to support expanded service. This passenger rail service would offer direct connections—or thru-car service—between the cities of La Junta, Pueblo, and Colorado Springs, connecting these communities with Amtrak’s existing Southwest Chief service, which operates between Chicago and Los Angeles.
To learn more, visit the Southwest Chief Thru-Car Service Study Website.