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Will Emporia, Kansas have their railway depot return to service?

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Will Emporia, Kansas have their railway depot return to service?
Posted by themanofmanyrailroads on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:22 AM

I've been wondering will the city of Emporia, KS will have their railway depot return to service and see Amtrak come into town again?  I sure hope that the Emporia Railway Depot sees service again.  If not, it'll be very sad.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:29 PM

The former station burned down 15 years ago.  If the town is interested in restoring Amtrak service, they should build a new station.  There was a NewsWire article a few months back:

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2014/07/local-task-force-seeks-feasibility-of-restoring-amtrak-service-to-emporia

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