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Michigan Services are three Amtrak passenger rail routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Port Huron, and Pontiac, and stations en route. The group falls under the Amtrak Midwest brand and is a component of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative .
Detroit and Bay City Railroad: NYC: 1881 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit and Bay City Railway: NYC: 1871 1881 Detroit and Bay City Railroad: Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad: D&M: 1883 1894 Detroit and Mackinac Railway: Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad: 1907 1925 Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway: Detroit Belt Line Railroad ...
The City of Detroit invested $50,000 in the project. The State of Michigan bailed out the railroad in 1837 by purchasing it and investing $5,000,000. The now state-owned company was renamed the Central Railroad of Michigan. John Murray Forbes, President of Michigan Central Railroad from 1846 to 1855
To travel to cities further north than the train lines run, you can extend your journey on an Amtrak Thruway bus. Rides on Thruway buses are purchased when scheduling your train trip; for example ...
The primary towns on the iron range are Ishpeming and Negaunee, Michigan. Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad box car, built in 1901, on display at Mid-Continent Railway Museum. In 1904 the railroad carried over 1.2 million short tons (1.1 Mt) of freight, and over 1.1 million short tons (1.00 Mt) of that was iron ore.
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).
Pages in category "Passenger rail transportation in Michigan" ... Lake Cities (Amtrak train) M. Maple Leaf (GTW train) Mercury (train) Michigan Executive; Michigan Line;
The Great Lakes Central Railroad (reporting mark GLC) is an American regional railroad operating in the state of Michigan. It was originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway ( reporting mark TSBY ), which was formed on August 26, 1977, to operate over former Penn Central lines from Millington to Munger , and from Vassar to Colling .