CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cheyenne’s mayor has launched a new group to aid in efforts to bring passenger rail service back to Wyoming’s largest city.
Mayor Patrick Collins announced creation of the 10-member Cheyenne Passenger Rail Commission on Monday, saying the group’s first meeting is set for this Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. It will promote efforts to bring passenger service back to the city of 65,000, including working with Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail District and federal officials, making decisions on planning efforts, and supporting a Service Development Plan for extension of service to Cheyenne.
While the Front Range District says its long-term concept includes serving Cheyenne, and the District includes Colorado counties as far north as the Wyoming border, the version of Front Range service included in the Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor Identification and Development program extends from Fort Collins to Pueblo, Colo. [see “Legislators announce selection of nine more passenger routes …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 6, 2023].
“Bringing passenger rail back to Cheyenne would provide enormous benefits to our community,” Collins said in a press release. “Train service will make it easier to get up and down the Front Range and give us a major economic boost.”
The city includes a mix of city, county, and state officials, as well as one citizen representative. More information on the board and meeting agendas will be available on the city’s website.
Cheyenne has been without Amtrak service since discontinuance of Amtrak’s Pioneer in 1997.
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