Amtrak gets OK for 110-mph Chicago-Michigan service

Associated Press
1:36 p.m. CST, February 7, 2012


Amtrak says it has gotten federal approval for its trains in western Michigan and northern Indiana to increase maximum speeds to 110 mph.

Amtrak announced Tuesday that the approval it and the Michigan Department of Transportation received comes after the installation and testing of a train control safety system on Amtrak-owned track between Kalamazoo, Mich., and Porter, Ind.

The Wolverine Service between Pontiac and Chicago via Detroit and Ann Arbor and the Blue Water service between Port Huron and Chicago via East Lansing use the tracks. The Pere Marquette service uses a different route to Grand Rapids.

The change will cut time from the trips. ................(more)

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