ATHENS, Ga. — Twenty community leaders representing the area between Atlanta and Athens have created a working committee to support creating passenger rail service between the two cities.
The group – officially named the “Georgia Brain Train Trust” – is charged with informing the general public about the benefits of commuter rail service in Northeast Georgia.
As proposed, passenger rail initially would connect downtown Atlanta and Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County and eventually Athens. The tracks currently are used by CSX Transportation to move freight.
Revitalization leader Emory Morsberger of Gwinnett County was elected to serve as chairman of the Trust. E.H. Culpepper, who serves on the Classic Center Authority in Athens, will serve as the group’s director of development.
