AMTRAK PROPOSES ELIMINATING CINCINNATI UNION TERMINAL FROM FUTURE TRAIN PLANS: Amtrak recommends restoring passenger rail service among Ohio's major cities by bypassing the grandest train station left in the state. Getting new passenger trains into Cincinnati's Union Terminal would require extensive capital improvements and add to freight congestion already in the area, according to Amtrak's preliminary study, which recommends building a new train station on the city's riverfront instead. [Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, 5-4-09, from Associated Press report]
CINCINNATI COUNCIL WANTS ITS UNION TERMINAL TO SERVE PROPOSED 3-C SERVICE: The Cincinnati city council has recommended that the city's landmark union terminal serve the proposed '3-C' corridor train service. The state of Ohio had previously recommended a riverfront site to serve Cincinnati. Currently, only one Amtrak train uses the terminal. [Railway Age website report, 5-3-10]