Possible New Life for Michigan Central Station? Ford Motor Co. a Buyer? YES!

[Honky Tonk]

Everyone is missing the point about rail service. The station building doesn't need to be used for a station. It's old and outdated and now better suited for other uses. A new station could be built on top of the existing tracks, with a connection to the existing building which would consist of a retail/entertainment base with offices on top.

The reason why a station makes sense here, sometime in the future, is that the tracks lead to a tunnel to Canada. If there was ever a major wave of investment in highspeed rail, connecting Canada's largest population centers to the midwestern United States only makes sense.

As for commuter services, there really isn't an optimal place for a single central station in Detroit but I will concede that New Center is probably better positioned.

The whole building never WAS a rail station. Only the ground level section. The top floors were all offices for Con-Rail, and I forget who else before that. Sometime, in the mid 70's, Con-Rail relocated to Philadelphia, [[I think, can't remember). Used to visit an acquaintance @ MCS, and occasionally go to lunch. There's no need for a separate station. You could still run a rail service from one part of MCS. You certainly don't need the whole building to do it, though. Do rail, Uber, Taxi's and retail from the ground floor. Ford could have their Monotonous vehicle development and other "Mobility" developments on the upper floors.