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		<title>Port Huron is getting onboard with train travel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Port Huron Times-Herald: &#160; Fort Gratiot resident Jeff Melvin takes a train to the University of Michigan-Flint campus twice a week. The round trip from Port Huron to Flint costs him $6. He likes to sit in the café car in the morning on the way to classes, chatting with the hostess and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Clean Dowagiac Train Depot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WSJM-AM 1400 &#38; FM 94.9: Spring cleaning is underway in Dowagiac. Choir Instructor for Dowagiac Union Schools Jeff Robinson and his students volunteered their time May 8 to clean the historic Dowagiac train depot. The group washed all 110 windows. The effort was coordinated by Ron Leatz, a volunteer of the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to MARP on Port Huron WPHM1380 AM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARP Board Member Jim Wallington and Sandy Duffy were guests on the Paul Miller show on WPHM 1380 AM. They spoke about National Train Day and the current state of passenger rail in Michigan. Click the link below to listen: http://www.wphm.net/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&#38;audioId=6371853]]></description>
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		<title>M1 Rail bids ready to leave the station</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design, build contract to be given May 24 From Crain&#8217;s Detroit Business: Organizers of the M1 Rail streetcar system plan to award the primary contract to design and build the $137 million transit line in less than two weeks. Bids to become the construction manager and general contractor for the Detroit project on Woodward Avenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trans4M Webinar Series May 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 06:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE :: Transportation Funding Legislative Bills 1:30 pm to 2 p.m., May 15, 2013  REGISTER NOW Webinar Overview: To provide an brief legislative update on the transportation funding discussion, answer your questions and share how you can have an impact on the discussion. Speakers: Tim Fischer, Deputy Policy Director, Michigan Environmental Council (Trans4M Member) and Dusty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2013 edition of OnTrack</title>
		<link>http://www.marp.org/?p=4589</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to save this file or to view it as a PDF in full screen. We hope you enjoy the issue and that you will let us hear your comments and suggestions. If you would like to write a story or suggest an item to be covered, email us at marprail@yahoo.com For those without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate National Train Day May 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Amtrak will join communities across America to celebrate the importance of trains to their towns at the sixth annual National Train Day. More than 200 communities are expected to host events at local train stations, railroad museums and other locations commemorating this year’s theme &#8220;Trains Matter.&#8221; &#8220;National Train Day invites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durand Union Station featured on WCMU&#8217;s &#8220;Destination Michigan&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thought we would share this video that recently aired on Central Michigan University&#8217;s public television station about one of Michigan&#8217;s best stations. http://youtu.be/5Ae0J0KRmvg Caption: In this episode: when steam engines were king, the city of Durand was the crown jewel of the railroads. We&#8217;ll show you the rich history and the restoration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After years of planning, bus rapid transit begins taking shape in Grand Rapids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Grand Rapids Press: Ten years of planning. Ten years of patience and hoping, years marked by defeat and success alike. Now, finally, a tangible part of Grand Rapids&#8217; forthcoming $40-million bus rapid transit Silver Line is beginning to show. Work began April 1 on the first of 33 stations that will line Division Avenue and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rail and Intermodal Transportation Summer Youth Program offered at Michigan Tech.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI, is offering a week long summer youth program designed to create awareness of, and stimulate interest in, the world of rail and intermodal transportation.  Students will learn why trains are called the &#8220;green transportation alternative&#8221;, how fast high-speed passenger trains move, and how containers find their way from China to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Lifesaver meets May 10 in Durand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to attend the Michigan Operation Lifesaver Quarterly Meeting scheduled to take place on Friday, May 10, 2013 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the historic Durand Union Station, 200 S Railroad Street, Durand, MI 48429. You’ll be the guest of Jon Cool, President of the Michigan Railroads Association, for lunch following the meeting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amtrak is setting even more ridership records</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amtrak ridership increased in the first half of FY 2013 (Oct. 2012 – March 2013) and March set a record as the single best month ever in the history of the railroad. In addition, October, December, and January each set individual monthly records. Rebounding strongly from service disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy and other severe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATA to host open house for proposed multimodal station in East Lansing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Capital Area Transportation Authority will conduct a public open house from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, to invite comment on the redevelopment of the East Lansing Multimodal Station, currently known as the East Lansing Amtrak Station, which is located at 1240 S. Harrison Road in East Lansing. The station accommodates train [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2013 edition of OnTrack</title>
		<link>http://www.marp.org/?p=4521</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to save this file or to view it as a PDF in full screen. We hope you enjoy the issue and that you will let us hear your comments and suggestions. If you would like to write a story or suggest an item to be covered, email us at marprail@yahoo.com We&#8217;re trying something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planners seek community input in implementing bus rapid transit from Detroit to Pontiac</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 3.4-mile Woodward Avenue light rail project expected to break ground this summer, conversation has begun to shift toward how to efficiently extend transit along the corridor beyond Detroit&#8217;s city limits. A handful of community meetings scheduled this month will discuss plans to extend an alternative mode of transportation for the 27-mile route from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARP meets April 20, 2013, at historic Niles station</title>
		<link>http://www.marp.org/?p=4509</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNOUNCING MARP Member Meeting Saturday, 20 April 2013, 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Niles Amtrak Station 598 Dey Street Niles, MI 49120 Map &#38; Directions One of Michigan’s finest historic stations will be the site of the April 20 MARP meeting in Niles MI. On the agenda is Rodney Pena, Amtrak Deputy Division Engineer, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freight train derailment in Gary causes short halt of South Shore and Amtrak</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edited from the Northwest Indiana Times: South Shore and Michigan Amtrak train service resumed Saturday morning following a halt in operations overnight March 29, 2013 because of a freight train derailment in Gary. About 35 cars in a 104-car Canadian National train derailed about 2:30 a.m. near Broadway north of the South Shore tracks, CN spokesman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials eye future downtown Ann Arbor train station</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AnnArbor.com: Local officials working on the WALLY commuter rail project say city-owned property at 415 W. Washington St. is a potential site for a future downtown Ann Arbor train station. &#8220;The 415 site is a candidate, but is not the only possibility,&#8221; said Michael Benham, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority&#8217;s strategic planner. Benham said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amtrak investigates engine derailment in Port Huron</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Port Huron Times-Herald: An Amtrak locomotive that went off the rails just east of the 24th Street viaduct will stay there for a few days while the incident remains under investigation. The trailing locomotive derailed shortly after departure from the Amtrak station on 16th Street at around 6:20 a.m., said Marc Magliari, Amtrak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2013 edition of OnTrack</title>
		<link>http://www.marp.org/?p=4485</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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