additional lines (seven lines total), however was still under development. The proposal featured the following four corridors: Northwest corridor to Detroit Serves Toledo and Detroit 7 stations total Connects with future Midwest Regional Rail to Chicago, and Via Rail Canada to Montreal and Quebec City Northeast corridor to Toronto Not to be confused with Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington DC. Serves Erie, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Toronto 11 stations total Connects with Empire Corridor to Albany and New York City, and Via Rail Canada to Montreal and Quebec City Southwest corridor to Cincinnati Originally proposed as the 3-C Corridor Serves Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati 9 stations total Connects with future Midwest Regional Rail to Indianapolis and Chicago Southeast corridor to Pittsburgh Serves Pittsburgh 4 stations total Connects with Keystone Corridor to Harrisburg and Philadelphia Awarding and rejection of funding On January 28, 2010, the White House announced that Ohio would receive $400 million of its request through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This allowed for passenger rail service to return specifically on the 3C corridor. The 3C Corridor could provide service from Cleveland to Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, a distance of . The service was predicted to carry around 478,000 people a year, using a subsidy of $17 million from the state government. The proposed corridor, however, attracted opposition from Republican members of the state board in charge of the project, as the proposed six-hour travel time and average speed led the project to be dubbed "snail rail". Then-governor and rail proponent Ted Strickland said in April 2010 that the average speed could be increased to , but Republicans were still not sold on it. On September 24, 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration authorized the state to spend $15 million of the stimulus money for the purposes of determining specifications and completing studies regarding the corridor. Also on the 24th, the state released a new schedule for the service, which would see three daily round trips being operated, taking slightly over five hours each way, an hour and a half faster than previous estimates. Following the 2010 gubernatorial elections in Ohio, the newly elected governor John Kasich (Republican) began the process of shutting down the project and returning the money to the federal government. This money would be redistributed to other applicants. In a press conference, Kasich said that "[t]hat train is dead. I said