Phoenixville is still pushing for a Norristown line extension.
The town hired a transportation consultant to conduct a preliminary feasibility study, the whole PDF of which is here:
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...e2804a.pdf.pdf
The Daily Local article on a town hall meeting held earlier this week on the results and how to pay for the project:
https://www.dailylocal.com/news/high...42641c1b3.html
They believe that their "demonstration period" - in which they put together bare-necessities station in Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, and King of Prussia, use duel-electric/diesel locomotives so as to not have to electrify the NS tracks, and run 3 peak-time trains in the morning and evening - will cost $111m and can be financed with tax-increment financing based within the state's new Transportation Revitalization Investment District program. They're projecting an additional 2,000 daily riders.
I'm fairly skeptical of that number but I definitely support the plans to push this as hard as possible. I think a several year demonstration period is a good idea to generate initial support and get a good idea of ridership.