# CHICAGO | chicago crossrail

**URL:** <https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-chicago-crossrail/21457>\
**Category:** Parks & Infrastructure\
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-chicago-crossrail/21457 "2022-06-27T21:04:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-chicago-crossrail/21457/1 "2022-06-27T21:04:27Z")

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> **[CrossRail Chicago](https://www.hsrail.org/midwest/crossrail-chicago)**
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> Learn how you can help the CrossRail Chicago initiative bring faster and easier travel all over the Midwest. Join us today!

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**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-chicago-crossrail/21457/2 "2023-04-29T19:05:03Z")

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> **[New Transcontinental Rail Route Announced Through Chicago - Chicago YIMBY](https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/04/new-transcontinental-rail-route-announced-through-chicago.html)**
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> Three of the largest rail providers in North America have announced a new partnership for service across Canada, The United States, and Mexico.

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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-chicago-crossrail/21457/3 "2023-05-01T23:05:50Z")

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These are two totally unrelated projects.

One is a way to expand passenger rail service by making it possible for trains to pass _through_ Chicago (currently every single passenger train that serves Chicago, whether it’s Amtrak long-distance, Amtrak regional or Metra / South Shore commuter rail, begins or ends in Chicago). Needless to say, this is a very good idea, but there’s zero funding for it, and thus it will not happen in our lifetimes.

The other one is a marketing thing by freight railroads for cargo customers. Has nothing to do with passenger rail.