Gov. Jared Polis rode the first Amtrak Winter Park Express train of the season, arriving at Winter Park Resort on a frigid Friday morning to discuss workforce housing and promote the state’s vision for expanding.
The state is now actively working with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail to replace waning freight traffic for commodities such as coal and oil — specifically commuter rail to help ease workforce housing shortages around Colorado.
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While Eagle County officials and environmentalists have been high-fiving over their collective federal court win this month at least temporarily derailing a nearly $3 billion Utah oil train project —