Amtrak plans to add 25 bi-level passenger rail cars to its Michigan lines by 2015, including the Wolverine line that runs through Ann Arbor, according an MLive.com report.
As work on the Norfolk Southern Railway is under way in Michigan, Amtrak riders can expect more changes in schedules, train cancellations and routes covered by motor coaches this month.
Amtrak plans to alter schedules for some trains - including one traveling through Ann Arbor - and make temporary route adjustments as it deals with lower speed limits imposed because of poor track conditions.
As many wait for officials to deliver on the promise of a true commuter rail service between Ann Arbor and Detroit, a handful of people already are making it work. Living proof that it's possible right now to commute by train between the two Southeast Michigan cities — albeit with ...
The University of Michigan's decision to halt plans for a parking structure as part of Fuller Road Station leaves Ann Arbor officials contemplating the proposed transit center's future. Some, including Council Member Mike Anglin and the Huron Valley Group of the Sierra Club, argue the city should shift its attention ...
We should keep the train station in Ann Arbor where it is and reject Fuller Road as a new site. With change comes opportunity. The recent decision by the University of Michigan to pull out of the Fuller Road Station agreement with the City of Ann Arbor offers us a ...
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Amtrak will offer passengers bus service between Ann Arbor and Jackson until track damaged in the crash of a train and semi tractor-trailer rig in Jackson County can be repaired, a spokesman said. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the company would offer bus service to passengers who have purchased tickets ...
Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional details. Ten people were injured Wednesday morning when a westbound Amtrak train crashed into a semi tractor-trailer rig, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reported. The driver of the semi-trailer and the conductor of the train along with others were taken to Allegiance ...
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Ann Arbor officials are welcoming news that train ridership is up throughout Michigan and say they remain hopeful that high-speed rail improvements are on the way.
An Amtrak train headed to Ann Arbor was involved in a collision in southwest Detroit this morning, several media outlets reported. The train collided with a Detroit Fire Department ladder truck headed to a call.
Ann Arbor's Amtrak station won't get renovation dollars from federal stimulus money awarded today, but travelers who take the train to Chicago may see improvements in the service.President Barack Obama today is announcing the distribution of $8 billion in economic stimulus grants to invest in high-speed rail initiatives and various ...
An Amtrak train struck an unoccupied car Thursday night after the car had a mechanical problem and came to a stop on the railroad tracks, Chelsea Police Chief Ed Toth said. No one was injured in the 11:24 p.m. collision.
Michigan's economic development prospects have gone virtually unmentioned in the runup to the International Olympic Committee's decision about whether to award the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago or another competing city. But the state stands to gain if the IOC awards the Olympics to Chicago at its meeting in Cophenhagen ...
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