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The Michigan Central Open experience at the train station, located at 2001 15th St. in Detroit, is just getting started and will chug along through the summer, offering plenty of chances to ...
Three train lines are operating in Michigan: The Pere Marquette connects Chicago to Grand Rapids, including stops in St. Joseph (near Benton Harbor), Bangor, and Holland.
Michigan Central Station in Detroit reopens June 6, 2024 after its renovation with a concert, public tours and more. Here's a guide to all the events.
Amtrak considered two routes for a Chicago—Grand Rapids train: the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (ex-Pere Marquette Railway), which ran along the Lake Michigan coastline and joined the main Chicago—Detroit line at Porter, Indiana; and a Conrail (ex-Pennsylvania Railroad) route via Kalamazoo. Although the Conrail route was faster, a dispute ...
In November 2011, Michigan was awarded $150 million to buy the Kalamazoo–Dearborn portion of the line from Norfolk Southern. Combined with a $196 million federal government grant announced the previous month to improve signaling and track quality, trains will be able to run at 110 mph (177 km/h) on 77% of the length of the Detroit–Chicago ...
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Plans for a railway line to St. Joseph, Michigan and then on to Chicago by boat were outlined in 1830, and after a number of funding problems, the line reached Dexter ten years later and Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1846 when the Michigan Central Railroad was formed to progress the work faster and replace faulty rails that had already installed. The ...
Members of the public line up for tours outside of Michigan Central Station in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Friday, June 7, 2024. 11:25 a.m.: Michigan Central prepares for company