Detroit to Chicago Amtrak trip has been a hot ticket
The Detroit to Chicago Amtrak line, despite it taking a bit longer than driving, has seen increases in ridership over the last year.Excerpt:Trains on the westbound Wolverine route from Detroit to Chicago
arrived on schedule only 25% of the time in the past 12 months. One
Wolverine train, the #352 from Chicago to Detroit, arrived promptly
only 8% of the time.You also may notice the train is more
crowded than it used to be. The Wolverine carried a record 439,000
passengers between October 2007 and August of this year, up 6% over a
year earlier. Michigan’s two smaller lines — the Pere Marquette from
Grand Rapids to Chicago and the Blue Water from Port Huron to Chicago
both saw 7% more passengers.Read the entire article here.
The Detroit to Chicago Amtrak line, despite it taking a bit longer than
driving, has seen increases in ridership over the last year.
Excerpt:
Trains on the westbound Wolverine route from Detroit to Chicago
arrived on schedule only 25% of the time in the past 12 months. One
Wolverine train, the #352 from Chicago to Detroit, arrived promptly
only 8% of the time.
You also may notice the train is more
crowded than it used to be. The Wolverine carried a record 439,000
passengers between October 2007 and August of this year, up 6% over a
year earlier. Michigan’s two smaller lines — the Pere Marquette from
Grand Rapids to Chicago and the Blue Water from Port Huron to Chicago
both saw 7% more passengers.
Read the entire article here.
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