KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The train cars outside downtown’s old Southern railway station don’t do too much in terms of train rides these days.

“We’ve got to take rail seriously,”

But, the station could get new life in the future with a proposed rail line from the Federal Railroad Administration.

They were tasked with creating proposed rail lines in 2021 and the highest rated one, according to a study by the FRA , would go right through Knoxville.

“It would really put Knoxville on the map in a big way,” said Jack Coker, board president of YES! Knoxville, a non profit focusing on making Knoxville more accessible.

Coker feels a 1,800 mile rail line from Houston to New York has a lot of benefits for Knoxville.

“That’s going to open up so many possibilities, so many opportunities for th

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