Discover rail experiences around Ohio that will delight train enthusiasts of all ages. Railroads may not be a main mode of transportation for many communities around Ohio, but there are plenty of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s been 46 years since the last passenger train rolled out of Columbus. Amtrak departed the city in 1979, leaving Ohio’s largest city as the country’s biggest metro without ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus is the largest city in the Midwest without a major rail system, but a new investment change that. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission announced a $650,000 ...

The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) has approved a $705,994 grant to the Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road to extend a rail siding in Zanesville. The project will extend the existing siding by ...

The second in a series of stories on what the future of train travel in Ohio looks like. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus remains one of America’s fastest-growing cities, now ranked 15th in the latest ...

Communities in and around Franklin County want their foot in the door — and a possible stop along the train tracks — should passenger rail come to central Ohio. That's a big reason the Mid-Ohio ...

Columbus' odds of landing two passenger rail lines are looking good, according to William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. Columbus' odds of landing two ...

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and its out-of-state rail partners are committing $650,000 to a Chicago-Fort Wayne-Columbus-Pittsburgh passenger rail line, MORPC announced on Oct. 14. The ...

Amtrak could expand to multiple proposed routes through Ohio, including one that runs between Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton. A new study of the impacts of a passenger rail running through ...

NORMAL, Ill. — Passenger rail has been absent from central Ohio cities and towns since the 1970s, but the 2023 announcement from the Federal Railroad Administration offers some hope that it could ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)– The Pittsburgh to Columbus to Chicago passenger rail project has taken another step forward by partnering with an engineering consulting firm to assist with planning and design.