Posted Feb 7, 2012, 9:44 PM
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AMTRAK will start 110 mph service between Chicago and Detroit NEXT WEEK!
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CHICAGO and LANSING, Mich. – Amtrak and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) have received federal approval to increase maximum speeds of Amtrak trains in western Michigan and northern Indiana to 110 mph following successful installation and testing of a positive train control safety system on Amtrak-owned track between Kalamazoo, Mich., and Porter, Ind.
Amtrak and MDOT will celebrate the faster service on Wednesday, February 15, with details to be announced.
“This is the first expansion of regional high speed rail outside the Amtrak-owned Northeast Corridor,” said President and CEO Joseph Boardman.
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http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobSe...event_date.pdf
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