Amtrak Requests Federal Support to Restore Detroit-Toronto Rail Service

**JonWylie** · March-26-19, 05:02 PM

Where do you think the station would be? The tunnel comes out by MCS but there isn't passenger service on that line.

**ferndalien** · March-26-19, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by JonWylie

Where do you think the station would be? The tunnel comes out by MCS but there isn't passenger service on that line.

How about at MCS?

**Dexlin** · March-26-19, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by JonWylie

Where do you think the station would be? The tunnel comes out by MCS but there isn't passenger service on that line.

Ford has said it's not developing all over the platform lands in the case that the region ever funds commuter service and/or cross-border inter-city service. It would take nothing to reuse the station as the current Amtrak service travels the same line just up to west of the station [[West Detroit junction). It's a far more direct route, in fact, than the New Center movements. The only reason that station exists is that Oakland County didn't want to totally lose rail service; that could easily be picked up/replaced by commuter service to the New Center station, whereas MCS could be used for inter-city service.