Asheville residents could one day hop on a train at the local Amtrak station for their next trip to the Carolina Coast or their next business trip to Washington, D.C. That's if an expansive $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs bill passes that includes big investments in Amtrak's passenger rail network across the country. President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan includes $80 billion for Amtrak to expand to new cities, as well as address repairs, modernize its rail system elsewhere and improve existing corridors. It's been more than 45 years since an official passenger train left Asheville, and the next one could be about 15 years in the future, if Congress approves the bill.