Please join ColoRail in promoting passenger rail service in and through Colorado by becoming a member. Annual membership is just $15.00 per year, so join today! More info here.
As a member you will receive :
- The ColoRail Passenger newsletter published three times a year
- Timely e-mail rail news updates and notices of special events and activities
- Invitations to the three general membership meetings each year
Membership fees pay for costs of:
- Promoting rail transit and intercity rail
- Printing and mailing the newsletter and other print materials
- Hosting the three general membership meetings
As advocates for passenger rail, our members:
- Follow federal, state, and local legislative rail initiatives
- Contact elected officials to support rail service
- Work with the Colorado Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation District, and other agencies to expand passenger rail services
- Participate in advisory groups and public forms on rail issues
- Engage the media to promote rail projects
- Work with Amtrak to promote rail and rail related activities
- Coordinate rail advocacy activities with the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) as well as with rail associations in neighboring states
- Coordinate passenger rail activities with other consumer, environmental, and pro-transit organizations
- Educate the public on and raise public awareness about the advantages and benefits rail travel.
To become a member, please provide the following:
Name
Address
Phone Number(s)
E-mail
Rail Interest
Volunteer Interest
Please make your check $15.00 check payable to ColoRail and mail to:
ColoRail
1550 Larimer St., Unit 271
Denver, CO 80202
Founded in 1989, ColoRail members have helped to:
- Defeat proposals to remove trains from Denver Union Terminal (DUT)
- Develop DUT as an intermodal transportation facility
- Expand Amtrak services, including initiation of Amtrak Thruway Bus connecting services
- Promote legislation to address railroad abandonment
- Elect officials who support rail service
- Support multimodal transportation legislation
- Establish rail as a viable and realistic alternative to highway construction
Please contact volunteer@colorail.org to find out more about how you can get involved in enhancing and expanding Colorado passenger rail services.
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