DaveO wrote:That is a proposed item with $0 funding. How that got in there would be interesting to find out.
First issue, US Federal authorities tend to treat rail customers as criminals first and innocents second. That has to change and it won't. Remember the International had cross border problems.
To do this as you noted means the Pontiac trips become a logistics issue. Logic would require the current station remain open. It won't if they use the MC depot for trains.
NSSD70ACe wrote:If DMC reopens, you can forget about service to Pontiac. Turn it over to SEMCOG or whoever wants to run Mi-Train and tell them to have at it. At the very minimum, there could be one pair that serves that area. I bet most traffic would originate/terminate at DMC.
Burb8145 wrote:If that's the case, they can also keep the New Center station for the folks who're closer to that one (including potential Hamtramck ridership).
Standard Railfan wrote:Burb8145 wrote:If that's the case, they can also keep the New Center station for the folks who're closer to that one (including potential Hamtramck ridership).
I would not think the ridership of a city of 22000 would be so significant as to warrant a station.
Super Chief wrote:What's the current storage location for the infamous double decker ex-Burlington commuter cars? Seems there's been no discussion in a while about Wally or any other operations for them to be used for?
trainjunkie47 wrote:Amtrak could easily operate a connector bus from Pontiac, to Troy, to Royal Oak, to the station at Woodward and Baltimore, to Michigan Central.
The 2017 ridership numbers for the following:
Pontiac: 13,300
Troy: 29,000
Royal Oak: 28,800
Detroit: 63,300
Dearborn: 72,200.
Saturnalia wrote:Pontiac to Detroit should be a commuter rail system anyway.
At some point, somebody needs to cough up some dough. We await that bright distant future and speculate in the meantime...
MQT1223 wrote:Saturnalia wrote:Pontiac to Detroit should be a commuter rail system anyway.
At some point, somebody needs to cough up some dough. We await that bright distant future and speculate in the meantime...
Wasn't that what SEMTA was for? We all know how that worked out.
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