Passenger train from Detroit to Traverse City could get state's backing — if a study bears it out

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Capital investments and costs for upgrades and operations pose the biggest question in starting passenger rail.
updated 7 hours ago

The nonprofit that has long advocated for passenger rail service connecting Southeast Michigan to the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula is pushing forward with a new study that aims to convince state officials and others that the project is worth pursuing.

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Elizabeth Schanz is a general assignment reporter for Crain's Grand Rapids Business and Crain’s Detroit Business. The graduate of Grand Valley State University served as editor-in-chief, news editor and arts & entertainment editor of the Grand Valley Lanthorn and previously worked as a reporter for the Oakland County Times covering metro Detroit. She joined Crain’s in May 2024.

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