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Michigan Services are three Amtrak passenger rail routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Port Huron, and Pontiac, and stations en route. The group falls under the Amtrak Midwest brand and is a component of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative.
The Michigan Services routes are:
- Blue Water (364/365): Chicago to Port Huron, Michigan
- Pere Marquette (370/371): Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Wolverine (350/351/352/353/354/355): Chicago to Pontiac, Michigan
The routes carried 633,231 passengers during fiscal year 2022.[1]
Up until fiscal year 2014, the State of Michigan only subsidized the operations of the Pere Marquette and Blue Water at a cost of $8 million in fiscal year 2014. Starting fiscal year 2014, the state took on the costs of operations for the Wolverine pushing the state subsidy to $25 million.[2]
No checked baggage service is available on Michigan Services routes.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2022 State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ VanHulle, Lindsay (October 6, 2013). "Amtrak works with the state to upgrade service, raise number of riders". Gannett Michigan. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2013.