The release of President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal has proponents of increasing train travel hoping for an upgrade and expansion of rail service, including the long-sought-line between Reading and Philadelphia. Those hopes were on full display Tuesday during a hearing by the House Democratic Policy Committee with the optimistic title: "Back on Track â Investing in Passenger Rail." Jennie Granger, PennDOT deputy secretary for multi-modal transportation, testified remotely Tuesday. Image from screenshot - Advertisement - Increased federal funding "would be major," Jennie Granger, PennDOT's deputy secretary for multi-modal transportation, told the committee. Federal funding would help bring "the Amtrak and SEPTA systems into a state of good repair and could provide capital to start new service," she said.