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They're close to having a train that runs between Ann Arbor and Detroit. They're discussing a train between East Lansing and Detroit. The state is behind on p
by rmason 6y ago
They're close to having a train that runs between Ann Arbor and Detroit. They're discussing a train between East Lansing and Detroit.
The state is behind on public transportation and in Detroit when they had the money the counties couldn't agree and now that they do there's no money.
But Michigan's beauty cannot be matched by any other state except possibly California.
- andrew_ 6y agoI'd throw in Montana and Wyoming
- myself248 6y agoWhen I was a kid, I used to take the train from Detroit to Ann Arbor all the time. My parents would drop me at the station in Detroit, and my friend's mom would pick me up in A2 and I'd spend the weekend at their house. It wasn't exactly a long journey, but it saved everyone a bunch of windshield time, and it was a cool independent thing for a nine-year-old to be able to do solo. I had no idea that train didn't run anymore. I wonder what happened to it! Seconding the natural beauty, though. I finally had the sense to spend a good chunk of last summer up north, too.
- rmason 6y agoI know that U of M runs a bus several days per week into downtown Detroit. Pretty certain you have to either be a student or work for the university to take it though. According to Wikipedia the Ann Arbor to Detroit train was discontinued in 1984.
- vinay427 6y agoI took the train a few years ago. It most definitely existed then, and still appears to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train)
- vinay427 6y agoThe train exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train) They're close to building a commuter train to replace the Amtrak for daily services that are hopefully more punctual by avoiding Chicago.
- esoterica 6y ago> But Michigan's beauty cannot be matched by any other state except possibly California. Nowhere in the midwest, including Michigan, is even remotely comparable to the mountain west (Colorado/Utah etc) in terms of natural beauty.
- vinay427 6y agoThe Amtrak Wolverine still runs AFAIK. I used it a few years ago. They're close to building a dedicated commuter train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(train)