• Ann Arbor Station

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Discussion related to Amtrak also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corp.

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  by Jeff Smith
 
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/20 ... utType=amp
...After 18 years, Ann Arbor still wants a new train station
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Ann Arbor officials started thinking about the need for a new train station in 2005-2006 while developing the city’s Model for Mobility, and in 2009 City Council voted to move forward with pursuing building a station on part of Fuller Park in front of the University of Michigan hospital complex off Fuller Road.

After over a decade of more planning and design — with the feds pushing the city to give further consideration to keeping the station on Depot Street — the city was dealt a blow in 2021 when federal officials balked at the city’s latest plans, which included potentially over 1,300 car parking spaces in a massive deck along Fuller Road and a multi-phase price tag that had ballooned to $171 million.

The Federal Railroad Administration effectively pulled the plug on the project then, saying it wasn’t interested in giving it further consideration for the foreseeable future.

But city officials now have their sights set on reimagining the project and securing $1.5 million in congressional funds to kickstart a new planning effort.
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  by Gilbert B Norman
 
How about just kicking that seafood place out of the original MCRR station and rebuilding that?

Then it could be "bye bye Amshack" that is presently there.

Disclaimer: author does not eat seafood.