Would this be good for us?

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The new chairman of the Tri-County Council is St. Mary’s Commissioner Larry Jarboe (R. Golden Beach), who is one of the most ardent supporters of commuter rail for the region.

Jarboe said this week that he has spoken to each member of the three county panel and lobbied them to support making Hughesville a major rail station with parking lots for commuters which would serve both buses and trains.

Jarboe has given his support to Sen. Roy Dyson, the area’s chief public transportation advocate, and to Hoyer and Bohanan, even earning the ire of some of his fellow Republicans, including one who was pummeled in last year’s election by Dyson.
"With Hughesville now a ghost town, it could be just the ticket to revitalize the town to once again make it revolve around train travel," said Jarboe, "just like it was a hundred years ago. With parking, restaurants and trains coming and going, shops might once again open their doors."

With the support of the county commissioners in each county, the legislators and the Governor, all the tools for solutions are on the table.

"Wayne Clark, our TCC Executive Director was amazed at the extent of the Governor’s support of the funding for our transportation study commission," said Jarboe. "We were expecting far less and now it shows the extent of the commitment of the Governor to this region."

Jarboe said he would ask the TCC to seek a demonstration of the Colorado Railcar self propelled commuter train which tours the country to showcase the ability of the American firm to provide rail cars to the commuter railroad operators. The firm brought the demo train to DC in 2000 for the District to examine use of the train cars on a line operating in Southeast over existing rail lines, to the Northeast part of town.