Amtrak may be going to Toronto, Canada via Michigan Depot 🇨🇦
An excellent project that Mr. Anderson is taking on…….
Midwesterners may have a one-seat ride to Canada if Amtrak gets federal funding to add passenger service between Detroit and Toronto — a move that could take cars and buses off the roads and strengthen ties between the industrial Midwest and our neighbor to the north.
Amtrak floated its proposal to extend its 304-mile Wolverine Line into Ontario last Thursday during the Michigan Rail Conference at Michigan State University. The new line would give Michigan business leaders, commuters, and tourists another option to get to Toronto beyond driving four hours on Canadian highways.
“For many of our regional routes, our primary competition is the automobile,” Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari told Streetsblog. “As anyone who has driven between here in Chicago and Toronto over the years including me knows, there has to be a better way than slogging across I-94 (and I-69) and then the 401 (or 402).”
The initiative, which does not yet have a price tag, would consist of the construction of a new facility to process passports at the Michigan-Canadian border and track upgrades on the Canadian side. Once the train crossed the border, it would run as a Via Rail Canada corridor line to Toronto, according to the plan.
Source Google News, AP & Streetsblog USA: https://usa.streetsblog.org/20...-detroit-to-toronto/
Yes: Train Room Gary will still be riding the Amtrak......
Here I am on September 10, 2019 - Rail-fanning at the Michigan Central Station
See you on an Amtrak: Gary
