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Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers 47th Annual Meeting Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:00 a.m. -Noon Featuring Gene Skoropowski Former manager of California’s Capital Corridor Former Sr. VP of Passenger Rail Development for All Aboard Florida With the coronavirus still with us, this year's An...

Go the the marp.org web-site and click on minutes. On the right you will find a transcript of the entire meeting

The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers held their first Virtual (via Zoom) meeting on July 17, 2020. Our membership was able to ask Al Johnson, Acting Director for MDOT's Rail Division, questions on the development of the Wolverine corridor and the new equipment order. Derrick James, Amtrak...

A First . . . MARP VIRTUAL MEMBER MEETING Thursday, July 9 6:30 - 8:00 pm We are looking forward to your participation in MARP's first ever "virtual" meeting. We anticipate a lively discussion with Al Johnson, Acting Director, MDOT Office of Rail, and Derrick James, Amtrak Government Affairs. The ea...

A First . . . MARP VIRTUAL MEMBER MEETING Thursday, July 9 6:30 - 8:00 pm Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers Meeting Announcment Please plan to join in the discussion of current developments in inter-city passenger transportation including how systems are dealing with COVID-19 challenges. W...

The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers is experimenting with a station host program at the E. Lansing station. Station hosts will not meet all trains. At the beginning of the program only most the heavily traveled dates will be covered by volunteers. They are not apart of a caretaker progra...

On Saturday June 22, at 10:00 am The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers (MARP) will gather at the Sanford Centennial Museum in Sanford, Michigan. Sanford is located off of U.S. 10 about nine miles Northwest of Midland. There are nine buildings including two schools, a general store, log cab...

The station host program has been very successful in both California and North Carolina

Does anyone know if the grade crossings in Jackson have been repaired?

On December 2, 2018 the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers will hold their annual meeting from 10:00 am -2:00 pm at O'Kelly Banquet Hall 23663 Park Street Dearborn, Michigan 48124. Keynote speaker is Rick Harnish who is the executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association. Ther...

Does anyone know when the new signals will be up and operating in Plymouth? They are south of Main street near Bodies restaurant.

I have been told there is a delay in the test re-route of the Lake shore Limited through Michigan. Does anyone know why?

There will be a meeting of the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers on Saturday May 21, 2016 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. The meeting location is: The Carnegie Library 244 W. Michigan Ave. Jackson, Mi. 49201 Attendees will be given a demonstration using Google Maps that has been developed by Geral...

The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers will be holding their April meeting in New Buffalo, Michigan at the New Buffalo Township Library from 10:30 AM until 1:00 PM Saturday, April 16, 2016. Arrangements have been made with Amtrak to make an unscheduled stop for #351 at New Buffalo for those...

Why not build a decent rail line at much less cost to the tax payer than continued freeway construction. Today's young people are not infatuated with the automobile so a good rail line provides an alternative to driving as time goes along. Michigan seems to have a mentality which forces the public t...

The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers will hold their March meeting at: Cleary's Pub 117 E. Grand River Ave. Howell, Michigan 48843 On: March 12, 2016 from 10:00 am-12:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Michael Benham, Special Assistant for Strategic Planning, Ann Arbor Area Transportation A...

Our organization (MARP) is looking for people with a positive attitude toward passenger railroading who want better rail service in Michigan and the U.S. Would you like to help educate the public and our elected officials on the potential benefits of rail travel? Would you like to write articles abo...

If enough people complain to the rail office of MDOT maybe we can get all the seats facing in the direction of travel. Try cody@michigan,gov.

The Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers will be holding their November meeting at the Okemos Public Library, 4321 Okemos Rd., Okemos, Michigan 48864 on Saturday November 21 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. All are welcome.

Under contract with Amtrak, RLE Industries of Madison Heights, Michigan has developed a prototype handicapped platform and installed it for a two year test at the Ann Arbor, Michigan train station. The platform, which is moveable to allow for the transit of wide load freights, permits at coach floor...