Activists look to add passenger rail through Missoula

When Kirk Thompson and his wife visit family on the East Coast, they ride the train. They have to go all the way from Stevensville to Whitefish to catch it. They’d much prefer to board in Missoula.

If a southern passenger route ran across Montana, they could.

Reinstating that defunct route is a topic for discussion at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Governor’s Reception Room at the state Capitol in Helena.

By KEILA SZPALLER of the Missoulian

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