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New York City–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1935] 1928–1953 Air Line Limited: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: New York–Boston [1900] 1894–1901 Air Line Special: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: New York–Fitchburg, Massachusetts [1905] 1904–1907 Airway Limited: Pennsylvania
The Wolverine is a higher-speed passenger train service operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services. The 304-mile (489 km) [3] line provides three daily round-trips between Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan, via Ann Arbor and Detroit. It carries a heritage train name descended from the New York Central Railroad (Michigan Central).
St. Louis and Chicago Express. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – St. Louis, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois [1925] 1920–1927. St. Louis and Colorado Express. Rock Island. St. Louis, Missouri – Denver, Colorado (with through cars to Los Angeles) [1930] 1919–1934. St. Louis and Kansas City Express.
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern ...
There is Amtrak passenger rail service in the state, connecting the cities of Detroit, Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Flint, and Port Huron to Chicago, Illinois. The three routes taken together carried 664,284 passengers for revenues of $20.3 million during fiscal year 2005–2006, a record. [22]
SEMTA Commuter Rail, also known as the Silver Streak, was a commuter train operated by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. It began in 1974 when SEMTA assumed control of the Grand Trunk's existing commuter trains over the route.
The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally chartered in 1832 [2] to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada.
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Detroit Express: Michigan Central Railroad: Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan [1916] 1916-1920 Kansas City and Chicago Fast Mail: Santa Fe: Kansas City, Missouri – Galveston, Texas [1911] 1906-1916 Kansas City and St. Louis Express ...