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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 ...
The line between Detroit and St. Joseph, Michigan, was originally planned in 1830 to provide freight service between Detroit and Chicago by train to St. Joseph and via boat service on to Chicago. The Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000. [4]
The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968 and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The station served New York Central trains on the Chicago - Detroit route, such as the Chicago Mercury and the Twilight Limited and trains on the Chicago - Detroit ...
The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create ...
Historic photos of Michigan Central Station show heyday of old Detroit train depot. Gannett. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press. June 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM.
The Pere Marquette is a passenger train in the United States, operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services on the 176-mile (283 km) route between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. It is funded in part by the Michigan Department of Transportation and is train 370 eastbound and train 371 westbound. [ 4 ]
The Resort Special was a seasonal night train from Chicago, renowned for serving resort towns such as Traverse City, Charlevoix, Petoskey on the northwestern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula. [1] Begun by the Pere Marquette Railway , it was a rare instance of a named Pere Marquette train continuing after the Chesapeake & Ohio absorbed the ...
Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press March 6, 2024 at 12:24 PM Amtrak will be limiting its operations between Detroit and Chicago this year for track improvements.