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A map of the DUR network from 1904. Map of Detroit United Railway c 1907 First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Northern Railroad, Almont, Michigan, July 1, 1914. The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally ...
The station is owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), but the tracks are owned by the Canadian National Railway. [5] Of the 22 Michigan stations served by Amtrak, Pontiac was the 16th-busiest in fiscal year 2015, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 43 passengers daily. [6]
[1] [2] This was the first such charter granted both in Michigan and in the Northwest Territory region. [3] Nothing came of the Pontiac & Detroit, so in 1834 the state granted a new charter to the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad. After four years the D&P began operation over a modest 12-mile (19 km) line, spurred on by a $100,000 loan from the state.
Pages in category "Interurban railways in Michigan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Detroit United Railway; G. Grand Rapids, Grand ...
Chicago and West Michigan Railway [34] Huron Sunrise Trail: 11 18 Presque Isle: Detroit and Mackinac Railway [35] Leelanau Trail: 16.6 26.7 Grand Traverse, Leelanau: Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad [36] Little Traverse Wheelway: 26.7 43.0 Charlevoix, Emmet: Chicago and West Michigan Railway [37] North Central State Trail: 62 100 Cheboygan ...
The Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway, also known as the Shore Line Interurban, is a defunct interurban which operated in the Detroit area in the late 1890s. The company incorporated on July 3, 1896 to construct a 23-mile (37 km) line from Detroit through 'the Points' and out to Mt. Clemens. This line opened on September 28, 1898.
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.
Pontiac (/ ˈ p ɒ n (t) i æ k / PON-(t)ee-ak) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit.