Greater Northwest Rail Summit

2024 GREATER NORTHWEST RAIL SUMMIT

OCTOBER 8-9, 2024 | SPOKANE CENTRAL LIBRARY

The All Aboard Northwest and PNWER RIA team extend our gratitude for your participation in this year’s Greater Northwest Rail Summit. It was a pleasure to have you join us — in person or virtually — and we hope you found the discussions informative and the networking opportunities valuable.

The ideas and perspectives shared will undoubtedly help drive the future of High Performance Rail in the Greater Northwest, and we’re excited to continue collaborating with you to build this momentum.

We’d love to hear from you! Please fill out this form or reply to this email to share feedback or ideas for future rail summits.

Session recordings, presentations and resources will be available on the summit agenda pages within the next few weeks. We will send a follow-up email with details.

Thank you for your time and contributions — we hope to see you at future events!

THANK YOU TO OUR SUMMIT SPONSORS!

Restoring Passenger Rail Service

We are moving towards restoring a true national rail network that includes service to the much of the Greater Northwest. The Federal Railroad Administration's Long-Distance Service Study is recommending 15 routes to expand the nation's passenger rail system.

The *Big Sky* *North Coast* route, serving Seattle, Yakima, Spokane, southern Montana, the Twin Cities and Chicago was discontinued in 1979 and is one of the 15 recommended routes.

Also selected by the Long-Distance Service Study is the former *Pioneer* corridor, connecting Seattle, Portland, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Denver as recently as 1997.

Moving Freight by Rail

Across the Pacific Northwest, trains moved 50.1 million tons of freight in 2021, taking the equivalent of 4.1 million trucks of the road. Investing in the efficient movement of freight rail benefits both the local and regional economy.

As an example, see the success of the Pines Road Grade Separation Project in Spokane Valley, WA.

We’re planning to discuss these exciting opportunities at the Third Annual Greater Northwest Rail Summit October 8-9 in Spokane.

The event is co-sponsored by All Aboard Northwest, the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, All Aboard Washington, The Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates, and the Northwest Region of the Rail Passengers Association.