![Amtrak 427 is eastbound at Battle Creek. 2006 [Dale Berry photo]](/images/MIRR/AmtrakWolverine(427)EBAtBattleCreekMI042106-7[DaleBerry].jpg "Amtrak 427 is eastbound at Battle Creek. 2006 [Dale Berry photo]")
Amtrak - The National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Amtrak is a federally owned railroad which provides national passenger train service in the United States. Amtrak was created in 1971 to relieve most railroads from being required to continue to provide passenger service. In return, the railroads agreed to allow Amtrak to use its tracks.
In Michigan, Amtrak provides passenger service on three lines. It operates three round trips each day between Pontiac via Detroit to Chicago, Illinois (CN/Conrail/Amtrak/NS). The second route has a single round trip each day between Port Huron and Chicago, via Battle Creek (CN/Amtrak/NS). The third route has a single round trip each day between Grand Rapids and Chicago via Porter, Indiana (CSX/NS).
Amtrak operates on two sections of track which are not owned by freight railroads. Amtrak itself purchased former Conrail trackage between Kalamazoo and Porter, Indiana. In 2013, the State of Michigan purchased former Norfolk Southern trackage between Dearborn and Kalamazoo. The first line offered trains that exceed 80 m.p.h. in a section which uses advanced positive train control. High speed operation is also planned for the Dearborn to Kalamazoo route as well. Norfolk Southern continues to provide freight service on both of these lines through trackage rights.
Amtrak has stations in Albion, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Birmingham, Dearborn, Detroit, Dowagiac, Durand, Flint, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Lapeer, Michigan City, Niles, and Pontiac in Michigan.
Website: Amtrak
Photo: Amtrak 427 is eastbound at the Battle Creek station. 2006 [Dale Berry photo]
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News Feed - Amtrak
02 December 2024
- 2nd Amtrak route to New York City included in new PennDOT rail plan - TribLIVE
- Woman struck and killed by Amtrak train in Berkeley - KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
- Woman killed in fatal Amtrak train strike in Berkeley - The Berkeley Scanner
- Woman dies after being struck by Amtrak train in Berkeley - The Mercury News
- NJ Transit, Amtrak experiencing suspensions and delays due to overhead wire damage - ABC7 New York
- Amtrak, NJ Transit service suspended between NYC and Philadelphia due to ‘wire damage' - Gothamist
- Amtrak and NJ Transit service into NYC Penn Station halted Monday morning over power trouble - New York Daily News
- Man hit, killed by Amtrak train in Fredericksburg, Virginia - WUSA9.com
- Amtrak Wolverine line seeing hours-long delays, outages under Thanksgiving traffic swell - Detroit Free Press
- NC officer runs from car on train tracks just before it's hit by Amtrak - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
- Amtrak Wolverine train canceled due to mechanical issues - Detroit News
- Amtrak train strikes car on railroad tracks in Shafter - KGET 17
- Will Amtrak upgrades get derailed without Biden? | EDITORIAL - Baltimore Sun
- Pedestrian hit, killed by Amtrak train in Fredericksburg - WRIC ABC 8News
- Amtrak Northeast services temporarily suspended between Philadelphia and New York due to wire damage - WPVI-TV
