tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060278883118319195.post907671187923590820..comments2024-03-27T23:10:00.915-04:00Comments on Wayne County Life: Upstate NY High-Speed Rail LineSeth C. Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559929297207143914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060278883118319195.post-7421632676581266092009-07-16T10:18:14.261-04:002009-07-16T10:18:14.261-04:00The Erie Canal created communities where there wer...The Erie Canal created communities where there were swamps and forests and sparked new growth in already existing villages that were on its route.<br /><br />High speed rail will hopefully give travelers a lower cost option from using automobiles and air. But as we do now, we will have to travel to Rochester/Syracuse to use the system.<br /><br />How will folks get to Rochester/Syracuse to board the high speed rail? That may be what affects us the most. Time to build that long awaited Amtrak station in Lyons, or somewhere in Wayne County.<br /><br />JZ.John M. Zornowhttp://www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/standing/organizations/arcadiahistorical.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060278883118319195.post-46550065581550106412009-07-15T23:03:20.187-04:002009-07-15T23:03:20.187-04:00The 8 July 2009 edition of the Wayne County Star r...The 8 July 2009 edition of the Wayne County Star references Wayne County Planning Director Sharon Lilla as having said (regarding an Amtrak station in Wayne County):<br /><br />"a Lyons stop also has the support of Congressman Dan Maffei, who sees it co-existing with high speed passenger rail that is under consideration as part of the federal economic stimulus package."<br /><br /><a href="http://wcs.wayuga.com/en/266/central/10577/" rel="nofollow">Amtrak Station Back on Track?</a>Seth C. Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559929297207143914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060278883118319195.post-18355314892127228282009-07-15T22:39:17.930-04:002009-07-15T22:39:17.930-04:00All the favorable things said about these trains a...All the favorable things said about these trains are true, BUT, there is still a piece missing if people from Wayne, Ontario, Seneca & Cayuga Counties have to drive to Rochester or Syracuse to catch a train!!! There should be s station centrally located for these travellers!Gil Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334636029777709964noreply@blogger.com