The following meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th from 11 am – 2pm at The Rapid Central Station Conference Room, 250 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. The subject matter for this meeting will be the Coast to Coast route.
Stay tuned for more details as the date approaches!
The Wolverine corridor connects a chain of sizable, closely-spaced cities between Chicago and Detroit – a dense travel market and a perfect fit for hourly regional rail.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s Midwest Regional Rail Plan calls for just that, proposing a range of 16 to 25 daily roundtrips.
But the Michigan Department of Transportation will take five years to plan for just six daily round trips. It’s time to think bigger.
You can push MDOT to:
Please plan to attend as we explore ideas about improving and expanding intercity bus and train services in our state.
TRU Executive Director Megan Owens and MARP Chair Tom Fletcher will highlight their organizations’ recent actions and events. Petra Mihalko, TRU Communications Manager, will speak on “Michigan Intercity Transportation: The Bus-Train Connection.”
The meeting is timed to allow members and friends from the western end of the Wolverine line to take the train to and from the meeting.
If you are coming from the Detroit area, the Dearborn station is served hourly on Saturdays by the 261 FAST Michigan Bus. You can view schedules and plan your trip HERE.
MARP Special Event!
For MARP Members and Friends
Tour the Restored Michigan Central Station
Saturday, 21 March 2026, 10:00 AM-Noon
Make plans now to gather your family members and friends and head for the historic Michigan Central Station in Detroit on Saturday, March 21st. You will be treated to a tour of the magnificently restored station and learn about the many enterprises housed on the 30-acre campus—including a luxury hotel that will occupy the upper levels of the MC building—and hear about the recently announced commitment by Michigan Central, MDOT, and the City of Detroit to undertake initial research and engineering for a proposed multimodal transportation hub adjacent to the former train station.
The tour will begin at 10:00 AM, on Saturday, March 21, 2026, followed by a no-host lunch at the famous Corktown Slow’s Bar BQ.
Michigan Central Station is located at 2001 15th St in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. So we will have an idea of how many will be on the tour, please send an email to eric.schertzing@marp.org.
The cost of the lunch at Slow’s is $35 per person (includes tip). If you plan on lunch, we must have your payment no later than Monday, March 16.
Head to the “Donate” page to pay with a credit or debit card. Designate your $35 per person payment as “Other” and on the following page, where it says write a note, type March 21 Luncheon. Or, you may send your check ($35 per person) to Treasurer Jeanie Merckel, 33373 Hampshire Road, Livonia MI 48154-2952.
Michigan Central Innovation Campus
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