Cool - first 110mph service in the Midwest!
The Portage-Kalamazoo segment looks to be about 1/3 of the entire line. Apparently the trains are already hitting 95mph in this segment, though, so the the speed upgrade will only shave 10 minutes. The dramatic change will come when the now state-owned segment from Kalamazoo to Dearborn is upped to 110mph from the current slow-ass 60mph.
We should also see 110mph service on the St. Louis line between Pontiac/Dwight by the end of the year.
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Last edited by ardecila; Feb 8, 2012 at 3:18 AM.
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