Intercity rail services provide transit connections between the Region and destinations outside of Southeastern Wisconsin. Because the primary focus of intercity transit services is to connect communities within the Region to communities in other parts of the State and the remainder of the Midwest, the Commission uses longrange plans completed by WisDOT as the basis of the Commission’s recommendations for intercity transit services. Two new intercity rail lines are proposed, one connecting Milwaukee to Minneapolis and St. Paul via Madison, and another connecting Milwaukee to Green Bay via the Fox Valley. Both services would be operated as extensions of the existing Amtrak Hiawatha service from Chicago, and all three lines would operate ats peeds up to 110 miles per hour.