Believe it or not.... Ann Arbor / DTW / Downtown Detroit Rail still making progress

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Until a secure operating source is found, the Mitrain's Huron Express is planned to be used for events such as Football and Baseball games, parades, fireworks, Greefield Village special events. This has always been the plan. The issues of actually starting this service for the last year or so has been stuck squarely in federal beauracracy with the FRA who has drug its feet on environmental and testing.

This project has always been independant of the Woodward Light Rail. Its original purpose was two fold, as a train to the airport and one to connect WSU with U of M and eventually MSU.

Bham, the current Amrak service runds 3 trains per day. These times are not conducive for sporting events. The first train is far too early, the second arrives in A2 during the games, and the third won't leave until very late on Saturday. This train will augment the current Wolverine with additional trips that are not dependant upon the main Amtrak hub's timetable in Chicago.