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Long time hadn't heard anything about the Wolverine route upgrades. But the Detroit News on June 14 had a story re adding PTC there.
"Michigan Department of Transportation rail chief Tim Hoeffner said ... The state will have [PTC] on 135 miles of track between Dearborn and Kalamazoo that are undergoing upgrades to be completed in late 2016 or early 2017."
This doesn't change anything, but confirms the status.
"... the busy rail corridor between Porter, Indiana and Chicago's Union Station [is] one of the nation's most congested rail corridors ... Hoeffner said.
"The state is partnering with Indiana and Illinois and the Federal Railroad Administration on an environmental study for a preferred passenger route through the area.
"The study, whose completion is due in a few months [the website says "this summer"], is a step toward applying for federal grant money. Hoeffner said the state hopes for federal approval of its study and [those] suggested improvements by spring 2016."
So planning on South of the Lake is moving pretty much on schedule, but then it will need a Billion or Two. Of course this project falls beyond the time frame of this list, but Hoeffner reinforces the forecast for "Michigan track work 2017". Even if they finished the track work in late 2016, they probably won't get enuff new diesels or bi-level cars to start the faster service before 2017.
"Michigan Department of Transportation rail chief Tim Hoeffner said ... The state will have [PTC] on 135 miles of track between Dearborn and Kalamazoo that are undergoing upgrades to be completed in late 2016 or early 2017."
This doesn't change anything, but confirms the status.
"... the busy rail corridor between Porter, Indiana and Chicago's Union Station [is] one of the nation's most congested rail corridors ... Hoeffner said.
"The state is partnering with Indiana and Illinois and the Federal Railroad Administration on an environmental study for a preferred passenger route through the area.
"The study, whose completion is due in a few months [the website says "this summer"], is a step toward applying for federal grant money. Hoeffner said the state hopes for federal approval of its study and [those] suggested improvements by spring 2016."
So planning on South of the Lake is moving pretty much on schedule, but then it will need a Billion or Two. Of course this project falls beyond the time frame of this list, but Hoeffner reinforces the forecast for "Michigan track work 2017". Even if they finished the track work in late 2016, they probably won't get enuff new diesels or bi-level cars to start the faster service before 2017.