Tag: front range passenger rail
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Gov. Polis touts rail deal with no new taxes, but Initiative 175 could reroute money
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday touted a new agreement between the BNSF Railway and the Front Range Passenger Rail that would deliver three daily round-trip passenger trains between Denver and Fort Collins with no new taxes and at about half the cost of earlier estimates. But a measure possibly headed for the November ballot could…
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Passenger train service from Denver to Fort Collins? | Cronin and Loevy
A “Joint Service” plan is being developed that would bring passenger rail service from Denver north to Fort Collins by 2029. The passenger trains would be paid for with existing funds from the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and other Colorado agencies that are working to institute passenger train service in Colorado. No voter-approved tax…
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EDITORIAL: ‘CoCo’ can’t repair Colorado’s crumbling roads
Woo-hoo! The ballyhooed Front Range passenger rail service now has a name — “Colorado Connector,” or “CoCo” for short — and its small circle of enthusiasts is superexcited. If only they could muster even a fraction as much interest in fixing and expanding our state’s crumbling roads and highways — which consistently rank among the…
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Winning name for future Front Range passenger rail train announced
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Coloradans picked “Colorado Connector,” or “CoCo,” as the name for the future Front Range passenger rail train that is planned to link communities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Plans call for the service to start in 2029, though deals with the communities with planned stops have not all been finalized. The Front Range Passenger Rail…
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New Colorado passenger rail project would cover old footprint
In 1900, an adventurous tourist could buy one train ticket in Chicago that would take them all the way to the top of Pikes Peak. The first long leg might take them through the Eastern Plains, stopping at towns that owe their existence to the whims of the railroad builders. Just as Pikes Peak came…
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Why Colorado picked these 4 names for its Front Range train, and how you can vote
The Front Range Passenger Rail initiative opened a contest Monday to name the train that could someday traverse between Pueblo and Fort Collins. For the next two weeks, voters will be able to choose from one of four options: Front Range Express Destinations (FRED), Colorado Connector (CoCo), Colorado Ranger and RangeLink. Two people will be…
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EDITORIAL: Forget Front Range rail; Colorado needs better roads
The fanciful idea of Front Range Passenger Rail continues to be touted at public forums up and down the Front Range. The tour made its latest whistle stop last week at the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center in Colorado Springs. It’s a pipe dream that won’t go away. Unfortunately, it also continues to divert attention…
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Front Range Passenger Rail pitches to Colorado Springs ahead of possible ballot measure
If all goes to plan, a measure for a sales tax to fund passenger rail service could be coming to Front Range ballots in 2026. “We have a plan that we think is viable, and we’ll actually be able to get things started,” said John Putnam, chair of the Front Range Passenger Rail District Board.…
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Passenger rail advocates push state to connect southern, western Colorado
EAGLE COUNTY • Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking southern Colorado to the state’s Western Slope. As the Polis administration continues to focus almost exclusively on planning for passenger rail in the northern Front…
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Front Range Passenger Rail District votes to push back ballot initiative to 2026
The district in charge of planning a passenger rail line from Pueblo to Fort Collins said on Friday that it would wait until 2026 to seek voter approval for a sales tax raise. Nancy Burke, director of communications and outreach for the Front Range Passenger Rail District, said district board members had been considering between…