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Most improvements in Wisconsin didn't happen because Wisconsin's newly elected governor in 2010 decided to quit most projects and was rather hostile towards pur
by volkl48 6y ago
Most improvements in Wisconsin didn't happen because Wisconsin's newly elected governor in 2010 decided to quit most projects and was rather hostile towards pursuing any substantial improvements in rail.
Michigan has been making steady enough progress on their parts of those plans.
The Wolverine (Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac) now runs at 110mph for significant sections of the route. While still not "fast", it does mean the total trip time for Detroit-Chicago is now time-competitive with driving, even if there's no traffic on the drive.
- jdhn 6y agoI just looked at taking the train from Ann Arbor to Chicago, and the times that it leaves are all super early in the morning. It's very much tailored to business travelers instead of people who just want to go to Chicago for pleasure. While going fast is nice, I'm not getting up to take a train at 7:20 AM.
- volkl48 6y agoThe current schedules aren't the normal (pre-pandemic) schedules, it would typically be running 3x a day each direction, and that should be resumed in the future. Normally there would be a late morning departure from Ann Arbor towards Chicago. From what I can find, I think that one would have been 10:17AM.