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Rail
Wisconsin has 3,300 miles of rail lines supporting a strong freight rail system across the state. The majority of the state’s rail infrastructure is privately owned and operated. The state has preserved about 625 miles of previously abandoned rail lines that now operate as shortline and regional freight railroads.
Passenger Rail Service: Amtrak Thruway bus service provides two daily round-trip buses between Green Bay and Milwaukee.
Stops are made in Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, providing seamless connections to and from Chicago via Amtrak Hiawatha Service trains.
Freight Rail Service:
There are 12 organizations in Wisconsin with common carrier rail freight certificates. Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Rail Transload, Inc.
Canadian National
Tomahawk Railway
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
East Troy Electric Railroad
Wisconsin and Southern
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Wisconsin Great Northern
Fox Valley & Lake Superior Railroad
Wisconsin railroad business development contacts Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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