Michigan Service Changes -- Effective 07/16/18

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From railroadfan.com:

A new timetable went into effect today for the Michigan Services:

352 will depart CHI 45 minutes later, moving the departure time from 12:40 PM CT to 1:25 PM CT. The train will arrive in NBU at 3:41 PM, NLS at 4:02, KAL at 4:36, BTL at 5:02, JXN at 5:55, ARB at 6:34, DER at 7:08, DET at 7:33, ROY at 7:57, TRM at 8:04, and PNT at 8:32.

353 will depart PNT 45 minutes earlier, moving the departure time from 10:45 AM ET to 10:00 AM ET. The train will arrive in TRM at 10:14 AM, ROY at 10:22, DET at 10:42 (Departing 10:45), DER at 11:03, ARB at 11:32, JXN at 12:13, BTL at 1:07, KAL at 1:31, NLS at 2:04, NBU at 2:24, and HMI at 2:18 PM CT. Arrival time into Chicago is still listed at 3:05 PM CT, despite the changes to earlier stations.

355 will depart PNT 15 minutes later, pushing the departure time back to 5:35 PM ET. The train will arrive in TRM at 5:48 PM, ROY at 5:55, DET at 6:15 (Departing 6:18), DER at 6:36, ARB at 7:06, JXN at 7:42, BTL at 8:36, KAL at 9:00, DOA at 9:29, NLS at 9:42, NBU at 10:02, MCI at 9:12 CT, and HMI at 9:52 CT, arriving in CHI at 10:40 CT, 15 minutes later.

354 will depart ARB and JXN 2 minutes later.

No changes to 350, 351, 364, 365, 370, 371.

These changes were made to improve connectivity to the rest of the Midwest network.

https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/proj ... 071618.pdf
I believe the changes were supposed to help make connections to the Lincoln and Illini/Saluki services. Amtrak had specific train numbers listed but I can't find them now.
 
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