Ohio’s 3C Passenger Rail Service

Published: 16 September 2009 [Ohio Department of Transportation]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio’s planned 3C “Quick Start” Passenger Rail Service will service more than 60% of Ohio’s population. Planned passenger trains, operating at up to 79 miles per hour in 2011 and up to 110 miles per hour in the future, will connect Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati connecting Ohio to the nationally-prioritized Chicago Hub Network.

Amtrak has produced a draft ridership and revenue study, following more than nine months of research and analysis by the nation’s largest passenger rail service provider. Ohio will include information from this study as part of Ohio’s application for federal stimulus funding to be filed October 2nd.