Wisconsin: Competing firms want to put commuter rail on Milwaukee-area tracks; one company is seeking $1.4 billion for its plan

By Rick Romell and Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; December 6, 2018

A company organized in Wisconsin a little more than a year ago is seeking to raise more than $1.4 billion from private investors for what might seem like an unlikely project: a commuter rail system in the Milwaukee area studded with high-density real estate development.

But a competing effort spearheaded by a rival group says it is further along in a separate quest to place passenger trains on the freight lines that crisscross the area.

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