If they knock 30 minutes off great, but more importantly make the schedule reliable and consistant.

Every time I've taken the train to Chicago, I get so annoyed at the trip on the way back from K-zoo to Detroit I swear I'm never going to take the train again.

It seems that more times than not the train runs 1-2 hours late because of frieght trains or poor track conditions. Last summer there was a stretch of track around Albion or Coldwater where the speed was limited to 15 mph.

Just make the service consistant and it will work. The train is very popular on weekends, I've seen plenty of packed trains, in both directions on Fridays and Sundays.

I know people that I work with at my firm that when going to Chicago on business take the train from Birmingham or Dearborn.