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RT @MichiganRadio: RT @MidMichBureau: #Amtrak train smashes into truck near Jackson; passengers hurt via @bcenquirer

as a rule, it is not a good idea to take amtrak arb-chi in the coldest weather; delays are the norm as the temperature goes down, and the rolling stock doesn't do well in the bitter cold.

New bus route to Casey's, Amtrak

But this is Motown, the heartland of a car culture so pervasive, that my quest to travel to Detroit by public transport, marked me out as an English eccentric.

Don had no idea how to do it. I asked around. There is no bus service from Ann Arbor - the coach, fine for long-haul if you really had to, but wildly unreliable for a short hop.

"Why not hire a car?" a friend asked, with just a hint of impatience.

But that would be giving in.

Hit: Proposal for second daily Amtrak run

We agree with the Midwestern High Speed Rail Association, which is pushing for a second daily round trip between Chicago and West Michigan on Amtrak’s Pere Marquette line, with a schedule designed to make it easier for Chicago residents to visit this area. We’re big supporters of rail travel as an alternative to the car, but we’re far from optimistic that a second daily Amtrak run is in our future any time soon. Despite steadily rising ridership, the state of Michigan still has to pay Amtrak a $1.8 million annual subsidy to support the Pere Marquette. It’s not likely our cash-strapped state government is going to be eager to increase that figure anytime soon, or that Amtrak will expand service without greater state support.

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The nonprofit, transit-touting Transportation Riders United organization wants residents to know that rapid transit is not only eco-friendly, but also hip.

TRU, along with the Detroit Synergy Group and the Sierra Club, recently hosted a dinner train ra

One word of warning for those travelling from the Detroit Amtrak station to Windsor ... take a cab to a tunnel bus stop, where you can cross for just a few dollars. Read more about the tunnel bus at The Detroit Windsor Tunnel Bus Corp. Site.

positive cafe review for a spot in Jackson near the Amtrak

right smack dab next to the station. when my amtrak from chicago to ann arbor got waylaid one cold night we all piled out in jackson and headed for coneys.

no indication of wifi access at the downtown "carnegie" branch, will have to ask. it is close to the amtrak station.

jiwiire is good for megachain wifi, not so good for local infos. here's the page.

cafe w/free wifi about 2 mi from the Jackson Amtrak station. unknown: what the walk would be like.

cafe in downtown Jackson within an easy walk of the Amtrak station. jiwire hints at wifi there, not confirmed.

CHICAGO - Lake Michigan is less of an impediment to travel between the Milwaukee and Detroit areas. Train 350, the morning Wolverine Service train eastbound from Chicago, has a new schedule allowing for a connection from the first Hiawatha Service train a

Schedule changes go into effect April 2 for three trains serving Ann Arbor, Amtrak announced.

n 2005, the FRA approved an historic increase in passenger train speed to 95-mph, using the Incremental Train Control System (ITCS) made by a unit of GE. This year, Amtrak, MDOT, FRA and GE are planning a 20-mile expansion of the ITCS-enabled line from Ni

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on the joys of long distance rail travel, even with its attendant delays