By Mary Sugden, Investigative Reporter, WREX NBC 13; December 19, 2018
ROCKFORD (WREX) – It’s a promise Rockfordians have heard time and time again, only to have the promise broken. It’s the promise of passenger rail service in the city.
In spring of 2014 then Governor Pat Quinn visited Rockford to announce a $223 million state investment to bring Amtrak service to the city. But less than a year later, that promise was derailed when Governor Bruce Rauner put the project on hold to fix the state’s troubled finances. Now Illinois anticipates a change in the Governor’s office and another shot at passenger rail.
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