All Aboard Minnesota Plans for 2026 Legislative Session at November Annual Meeting
The immense success of the Borealis service between Saint Paul and Chicago proves that Minnesotans want more passenger rail options. AAMN will work with supporters and legislators to pass HF3176 / SF2887. Let your legislators know you support this bill!
All Aboard Minnesota's Feedback to the updated MnDOT State Rail Plan
Below is the formal letter sent to the Minnesota Department of Transportation regarding the State Rail Plan. We encourage members to submit feedback on the State Rail Plan before November 17, 2025. Re: Comments on draft Minnesota State Rail Plan We ...
2025 MnDOT State Rail Plan
Just posted, the new MnDOT Minnesota State Rail Plan. We certainly welcome our members and friends input. We will analyze the plan over the coming weeks and get our feedback to MnDOT. We will keep you posted as to how everything unfolds and will prov ...
Rep. Melissa Hortman
Absolutely horrible news today about Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. We worked with Rep. Hortman for years on passenger rail issues. She was a forward thinker when it came our mission and cause along with transit for the entire state. In our op ...
Amtrak's CEO Departure
All Aboard Minnesota is very concerned about Steven Gardner's departure from Amtrak, its potential implications, and Elon Musk's calls for privatization. We adamantly oppose any service cuts, including the long-distance trains and our Empire Builder. ...
FRA Sends Long Distance Study to Congress
FRA sends Amtrak long-distance service study to Congress. In the report, the FRA prioritizes 15 new long-distance routes and calls for restoration of Amtrak's daily service on its Cardinal and Sunset Limited routes. The FRA worked on the study from 2 ...
January 2025 Updates
Minnesota Legislature Is not off to a good start. Due to several disputed Minnesota House seats, neither party has a quorum, and the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Friday January 25 that the House cannot conduct its business without a quarum. De ...
The Year Ahead
With the changing Presidency the year ahead could prove challenging for passenger rail. The first Trump administration was quite hostile to Amtrak and wanted to severely cut funding. With the IIJA act passed in 2022, there was $66B included for Amtra ...
Borealis Ridership and Financial Performance
We have just sourced from WisDOT, MnDOT, Amtrak, and the Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passenger a number of statistics and information about the Borealis performance this summer and Amtrak's fiscal year which ended on September 30, 2024. This i ...
Upper Midwest Passenger Rail Scene Happenings
As we have for many years now, All Aboard Minnesota attended the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commisions annual meeting, which was held at the St. Paul Union Depot in November 2024 Here are some of the highlights from that meeting about what is ...