Push for Atlanta-Savannah rail line gains steam

The Nancy Hanks II near Atlanta in 1968. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The Georgia Department of Transportation will take a closer look at running a high-speed train between Atlanta and Savannah, thanks to money in the new federal spending bill passed Thursday. 

Georgia leaders have called for a rail connection between two of the state’s biggest economic centers in fits and starts for decades. But the idea’s never left the station.