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John D. Dingell Transit Center (a.k.a. Dearborn Amtrak Station) 21201 Michigan Ave., Dearborn MI 48124
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.
The following meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 23rd 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!
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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Michigan Central Innovation Campus Photo courtesy of Michigan Central
Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers Member On-line Meeting
Thursday, January 15, 6:00 PM Eastern Time
HAPPY NEW YEAR MARP MEMBERS! As we look forward to the opportunities ahead of us in 2026, we hope you will click in to a ZOOM call on Thursday, 15 January at 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
Executive Committee member Eric Schertzing will be on board to get us thinking about the role of MARP and its individual members in promoting and improving Amtrak service in our state. Eric will kick off the discussion with some information on ridership numbers and on-time performance on Michigan’s three routes over the last few years.
Eric and the Executive Committee want to hear your ideas. The bulk of the meeting time will be devoted to facilitated discussion, focusing on issues around:
Promoting a cross-state bus service as a step toward implementation of the proposed Coast-to-Coast train service linking Detroit-Lansing-Grand Rapids;
Securing needed new equipment;
Growing MARP membership (ideas about outreach, use of social media);
How MARP can work effectively with MDOT, Amtrak, and other advocacy organizations;
To help the meeting move smoothly, you are invited to submit comments and questions in advance to MARP@MARP.org. During the meeting, you may use the Chatbox to comment or ask your question.
Event via ZOOM
Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 6:00 PM
You are invited to “zoom in” on Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 6:00 PM to hear Alexzandria Elsea, MDOT Office of Rail, with an update on the status of the three Michigan improvement/expansion projects accepted into the Corridor ID Program established under the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress in 2021. The State of Michigan received 3 grants of $500,000 each to begin work
toward adding a new round trip on each of the existing services, the Wolverine, Blue Water, and Pere Marquette routes. In conjunction with this work, the Office of Rail is looking at possible restoration of
service to Windsor, Canada, as well as a proposed new Coast-to-Coast service that would connect Michigan’s three largest cities. There will be an opportunity for Q&A, but we ask that you submit, in advance, any questions you have to: MARP@MARP.org
We will also hear from MARP Chair Tom Fletcher and members of the Executive Committee on plans for the upcoming year, along with a general update on passenger rail in our state/region.
