![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]
News Feed from Google: Amtrak
News Feed - Amtrak
30 September 2023
- Amtrak to Restore Service Along This Southern Route for the First Time in Nearly 20 Years - Travel + Leisure
- Upgrades made to Amtrak station in South Shore, Kentucky - WSAZ
- House GOP seeking more than 90% funding cut to Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor - amNY
- Expert: 'Train is going in the wrong direction' as report shows average Amtrak employee makes $121,000 annually - KOMO News
- Capitol City Amtrak volunteers resign over alleged lack of recognition and respect - krcgtv.com
- Amtrak's new next-generation Acela high-speed train visits Mass. - WCVB Boston
- Overnight Amtrak trains: Things to know before before booking a ticket - Insider
- No Amtrak trains from Albany to Schenectady this weekend. - Times Union
- Kansas City man sentenced in deadly shooting on Amtrak in Lee’s Summit - WDAF FOX4 Kansas City
- Guilty plea in shooting on Amtrak train that killed Lee’s Summit man - KCTV 5
- Work coming along to replace more-than-a-century-old North Portal Bridge for Amtrak, NJ Transit riders heading to Penn Station - CBS News
- Project complete at local Amtrak station - Yahoo News
- Amtrak Upgrades Celebrated at South Shore/South Portsmouth ... - Amtrak Media
- OUR OPINION: Let's get Amtrak station back on track - Jefferson City News Tribune
- Amtrak Awarded Nearly $200M in Federal Grants - Amtrak Media
