Money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is being invested in three railroad corridor projects. The Federal Railroad Administration is providing the Michigan Department of Transportation with $500,000 for each corridor for improving and developing new services. That includes three intercity passenger rail routes. In West Michigan, Amtrak increasing Grand Rapids to Chicago ridership and expanding service.
On the east side of the state, connect existing service between Detroit/Pontiac and Chicago. The corridor will also be extended to include cross-border service to the City of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.
Finally, an investment increasing rail passenger service between Port Huron and Chicago
There’s also money set aside for a route connecting Detroit to Cleveland, Ohio with a stop in Toledo.