It’s been rumored for a while and the reconstruction of the MCS viaduct pointed to the possibility but here’s the first official announcement. It’s looking like passenger rail service will return to Michigan Central Station, high speed at that.
For Ford whose Corktown campus is forced on the future of mobility it’s awesome to see them embracing intermodal connectivity as part of that future. I can’t express just how happy I am to see the prospect of rail service at a restored Michigan Central. It bodes well for a more rational and efficient future for transportation in the US seeing one of the world’s leading automakers embrace a HSR station as part of its advanced mobility campus.
This was originally posted on the overhauling Amtrak thread check it out if you haven’t already. There’s been an ongoing discussion about the broader implications of proposed station at Michigan Central being a piece of as part of the Chicago - Detroit/Windsor - Toronto HSR line.
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The two-page VIA-Amtrak “Fact Sheet” on Toronto-Chicago passenger service discussed by the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, in a radio interview, as shown on CKLW Radio’s website, credited “courtesy Amtrak/VIA Rail”
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https://www.trains.com/trn/news-revi...vice-revealed/