And how about this?
https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/1005/750/Michigan-Services-Schedule-103115,0.pdf
Just look at the cover to start. In ALL CAPS it proclaims
WOLVERINE SERVICE BLUE WATER and PERE MARQUETTE.
(I could do without that word
SERVICE, and without the ALL CAPS. But whatever.)
My favorite part is midway down, the list of important stations served:
CHICAGO - KALAMAZOO - BATTLE CREEK
EAST LANSING - PORT HURON
JACKSON - DETROIT - PONTIAC
Those are all nice places, I'm sure. But
not listed are two of the three busiest stations in Michigan
!
C'mon,
Ann Arbor is #1 in the state with 141,000, Kalamazoo is #2 with 119,000, and
Dearborn #3 with 78,000 (2014 figures from NARP). Next are East Lansing #4 at 65,000, Detroit at #5 with 62,000. Then (leaving aside three
Pere Marquette stations for
Wolverine and
Blue Water routes only) it's Battle Creek #6 with 46,000,
Flint #7 with 35,000, Royal Oak #8 with 34,000, Port Huron #9 with 29,000, Jackson #10 with 27,000, Birmingham #11 with 23,000, Niles #12 with 20,000, and Pontiac #13 with 16,000.
How did
#11 JACKSON land on the front of the Timetable but
#1 ANN ARBOR and
#3 DEARBORN aren't important enuff? Well, back in time, Jackson was a connecting point between north-south trains on one railroad and east-west trains on another line. Only the east-west line carries riders today. So apparently this timetable cover has not been updated since
before Amtrak? (Well, I do like the nostalgic typefaces; reminds me of Disney movies from my childhood.)
Let's try again:
CHICAGO - KALAMAZOO - BATTLE CREEK
EAST LANSING - FLINT - PORT HURON
ANN ARBOR - DEARBORN - DETROIT - PONTIAC
It also works, and is easier to read, this way:
Chicago - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek
East Lansing - Flint - Port Huron
Ann Arbor - Dearborn - Detroit - Pontiac
Either way adds
#1 ANN ARBOR and
#3 DEARBORN to the Wolverines stations, and #7 FLINT, the second busiest station on the
Blue Water route. (Sorry about dumping Jackson, but really.)
It's easy. Amtrak could fix this.