Article: United States : KDOT submits $10M stimulus rail project.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has submitted a grant application of $10 million in stimulus funding to the Federal Rail Administration for upgrades that would allow additional passenger rail service.

The application is a further attempt to help connect passenger rail service from Kansas City to Oklahoma City.

KDOT says the $10 million would be used to fund signal crossing upgrades along the BNSF Railway between Newton and the Kansas-Oklahoma border.

Proponents of passenger rail travel trough the state are trying to extend the Amtrak line between Oklahoma City and Ft. Worth, Texas, north to Kansas City.

The route would take ...

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