MondayNovember 3, 2025

QC leaders laud passenger rail funds; warn work remains

By: Kenda Burrows|November 3, 2025
|6 min read
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    • Quad Cities Passenger Rail

    Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati was joined by dozens of Quad Cities leaders to celebrate legislative approval critical funding for Chicago to Moline passenger rail service. CREDIT CITY OF MOLINE

    Quad Cities leaders gathered at The Q late last week to celebrate $425 million in state funds destined for bringing passengers from Chicago to the passenger rail station Moline built in 2018 in anticipation of that moment.

    They also credited the groundswell of community support for a Quad Cities Chamber letterwriting campaign that flooded Illinois lawmakers’ inboxes in the…

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