Editing Chicago Hub Network (section)

==2009 Midwest High Speed Rail Association proposal==
For 2009, the [[Midwest High Speed Rail Association]] (MHSRA) and other organizations requested new studies of possible rail routes in the Midwest, this time with {{convert|220|mph|km/h}} service as the goal. These routes were identified:<ref name="mhsra-220">[http://www.midwesthsr.org/network/220.html Midwest High Speed Rail Association: 220-mph High Speed Lines] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109134034/http://www.midwesthsr.org/network/220.html |date=January 9, 2010 }}</ref>

*Chicago–Milwaukee–Madison–Rochester–Minneapolis/St. Paul-St. Cloud-Fargo-Bismarck
*Chicago–Champaign–Springfield–St. Louis
*Chicago–Gary–Lafayette–Indianapolis–Cincinnati
**Cincinnati–Dayton–Columbus–Cleveland
*Chicago–Gary–Fort Wayne–Toledo–Detroit
*Chicago–Gary–Fort Wayne–Toledo–Cleveland-Erie-Buffalo
**Cleveland–Pittsburgh

The MHSRA funded a study of the link from Chicago to St. Louis,<ref name="chi-stl">[http://www.midwesthsr.org/docs/Chicago_StLouis_HSR_Study_June_2009.pdf Chicago to St. Louis 220 mph High Speed Rail Alternative Corridor Study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229071113/http://www.midwesthsr.org/docs/Chicago_StLouis_HSR_Study_June_2009.pdf |date=December 29, 2009 }}</ref> while the Southeast Minnesota Rail Alliance funded a study of the route to Minneapolis/St. Paul—the third in a series previously funded by the Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Departments of Transportation.<ref name="tristate1"/><ref name="tri-state-ii">[http://www.dot.state.mn.us/planning/railplan/docs/Tri-State%20II%20Rail%20Study%202000.pdf Tri-State II Rail Study]</ref><ref name="tri-state-iii">[http://www.semnrail.org/PDFs/Tri-State%20III%20HSR%20Study_09.30.09_Final.qxd.pdf Tri-State III Rail Study] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109234136/http://www.semnrail.org/PDFs/Tri-State%20III%20HSR%20Study_09.30.09_Final.qxd.pdf |date=January 9, 2016 }}</ref>