Ohio Gov.-elect Kasich still opposes state's high-speed rail plan

NEWARK, Ohio — Gov.-elect John Kasich continued to criticize plans to establish high-speed passenger rail in Ohio, calling proponents members of a “train cult.”

“They’ve been pushing this since I was young,” Kasich told reporters today during a press conference here. “So there’s a train cult. ... Part of the feeling in favor of these things are contracts — engineering contracts, construction contracts, snout in the trough. … We’re not going to run some program that some train cult wants to support.”

Gov. Ted Strickland has been an adamant supporter of passenger rail plans, calling for connections between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.

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