amtrakmichigan
Lead Service Attendant
With Amtrak upgrading track speed from Kalamazoo to Dearborn, Mi to high speed rail ; and already owning the right of way from Porter, In to Kalamazoo, Mi with high speed rail, do any of you see Amtrak permanently routing the CL and/or LSL through Michigan?
My opinion is this: A Michigan re-route would be more dependable with time keeping, and maybe quicker from CHI to TOL. Michigan stops could include Niles (South Bend, Is only about 11 miles away, connect with bus or taxi), Kalamazoo, Mi. (home of Western Michigan Univerisity and connections with northern Mi. with the current Ambus), Ann Arbor, Mi. (home of University of Michigan) and Wayne or Dearborn, MI. A Wayne Mi. station could easily provide service to the western suburbs of Detroit with a "wye" to the CSX line directly to Toledo. Or Dearborn is a current stop and station and would provide easy service to Detroit. However the N/S line that connects Dearborn to Toledo I believe is limited to 50 MPH. Even if the CSX from Wayne to Toledo is limited to 50 mph, it would be much quicker since its a much more direct route. Just wanted to see what some of you guys thought about my brainstorm
My opinion is this: A Michigan re-route would be more dependable with time keeping, and maybe quicker from CHI to TOL. Michigan stops could include Niles (South Bend, Is only about 11 miles away, connect with bus or taxi), Kalamazoo, Mi. (home of Western Michigan Univerisity and connections with northern Mi. with the current Ambus), Ann Arbor, Mi. (home of University of Michigan) and Wayne or Dearborn, MI. A Wayne Mi. station could easily provide service to the western suburbs of Detroit with a "wye" to the CSX line directly to Toledo. Or Dearborn is a current stop and station and would provide easy service to Detroit. However the N/S line that connects Dearborn to Toledo I believe is limited to 50 MPH. Even if the CSX from Wayne to Toledo is limited to 50 mph, it would be much quicker since its a much more direct route. Just wanted to see what some of you guys thought about my brainstorm