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Major stops are in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, East Lansing, and Flint. Amtrak began running the Blue Water in 1974 [3] over the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. In 1982 the train was extended from Port Huron to Toronto, Canada, and renamed the International Limited. Service was cut back to the original route in 2004 with the Blue Water name restored ...
The train was renamed the Lake Cities and continued to use Turboliner trainsets until mid-1981. [7]: 202 [8] The Lake Cities schedule allowed both east- and westbound connections with the Chicago—New York Lake Shore Limited, eliminating the need for Michigan travelers to backtrack through Chicago. Budget cuts led Amtrak to discontinue service ...
The Kalamazoo Transportation Center is an Intermodal train and bus station in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. [3] It is the second-busiest Amtrak station in Michigan, after Ann Arbor. [4] The Kalamazoo Transportation Center serves as the main hub for Kalamazoo Metro local buses, and also serves intercity buses operated by Greyhound and Indian Trails.
In November 2011, Michigan was awarded $150 million to buy the Kalamazoo–Dearborn portion of the line from Norfolk Southern. Combined with a $196 million federal government grant announced the previous month to improve signaling and track quality, trains will be able to run at 110 mph (177 km/h) on 77% of the length of the Detroit–Chicago ...
Capital Area Multimodal Gateway, also known as East Lansing station, is an intermodal transit station in East Lansing, Michigan. Operated by the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA), it is served by Amtrak's Blue Water passenger train, local buses, and intercity buses. It opened in 2015 to replace a nearby Amtrak and bus station ...
The Port Huron train (the Blue Water) also uses this line as far east as Battle Creek, Michigan. Both Kalamazoo and Niles have retained their old Michigan Central Stations; the Niles station is occasionally portrayed in film. Also the Dowagiac station is used by Amtrak which was built by M.C.R.R.
Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad: PM: 1870 1871 Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Detroit and Huron Railway: CN: 1912 1928 Grand Trunk Western Railroad: Detroit and Ironton Railroad: DT&I: 1920 1931 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad: Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: PM: 1871 1876 Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad
In November 2006, Indian Trails, in partnership with Okemos Travel, launched the Michigan Flyer, an express service connecting East Lansing, Jackson, and Ann Arbor with Detroit Metro Airport. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2012, the Michigan Flyer absorbed the AirRide express service operated by TheRide , and service to Jackson was discontinued.