APPENDIX C: PRELIMINARY FULL BUILD-OUT TRAIN SCHEDULE 

APPENDIX C: PRELIMINARY FULL BUILD-OUT TRAIN 

SCHEDULE
Preliminary Full Build-out Schedule

10 Round Trips between Chicago & Detroit

7 Round Trips between Detroit & Pontiac, Michigan

Station Ar/Dp 700 702 704 706 708 710 712 714 716 718 720 722

CHICAGO ILL. Dp 6 00A 7 00A 8 00A 10 00A 11 00A 12 00P 5 35P 6 00P 6 35P 7 35P

Proposed in northwest Indiana Dp 8 18A 11 18A 5 53P 6 53P 7 53P

Michigan City, Ind. Dp 11 53A 6 28P 7 28P 8 28P

New Buffalo, Mich. Dp 10 02A 12 02P 1 02P 7 37P 8 02P 8 37P 9 37P

Niles, Mich. Dp 10 22A 12 22P 1 22P 7 57P 8 22P 8 57P 9 57P

Dowagiac, Mich. Dp 10 32A 12 32P 1 32P 8 07P 9 07P 10 07P

Kalamazoo, Mich. Dp 6 01A 7 01A 8 40A 9 40A 11 01A 1 01P 2 01P 2 40P 8 36P 901P 9 36P 10 36P

Battle Creek, Mich. Dp 6 28A 7 28A 10 03A 11 28A 1 28P 2 28P 9 03P 9 28P 10 03P 11 03P

Albion, Mich. Dp 6 41A 7 41A 2 51P

Jackson, Mich. Dp 7 11A 8 11A 12 11A 2 11P 3 11P 10 11P 10 46P

Ann Arbor, Mich. Dp 7 44A 8 44A 10 06A 11 10A 12 44A 2 44P 3 44P 4 06P 10 44P 11 19P

Dearborn, Mich. Dp 8 09A 9 09A 10 31A 11 35A 1 09A 3 09P 4 09P 4 31P 11 09P 11 44P

DETROIT, MICH. Ar 8 24A 9 24A 10 46A 11 50A 1 24A 3 24P 4 24P 4 46P 11 24P 11 59P

DETROIT, MICH. Dp 8 27A 11 53A 1 27A 3 27P 4 27P 4 49P 11 27P

Royal Oak, Mich. Dp 8 51A 12 17P 1 51A 3 51P 4 51P 5 13P 11 51P

Birmingham, Mich. Dp 8 58A 12 24P 1 58A 3 58P 4 58P 5 20P 11 58P

PONTIAC, MICH. Ar 9 16A 12 42P 2 16P 4 16P 5 16P 5 38P 12 16A

Station Dp/Ar 701 703 705 707 709 711 713 715 717 719 721 723

PONTIAC, MICH. Ar 4 03A 4 33A 9 46A 2 53P 3 35P 6 52P 7 20P

Birmingham, Mich. Dp 4 16A 4 46A 9 59A 3 06P 3 48P 7 05P 7 33P

Royal Oak, Mich. Dp 4 23A 4 53A 10 06A 3 13P 3 55P 7 12P 7 40P

DETROIT, MICH. Ar 4 43A 5 13A 10 26A 3 33P 4 15P 7 32P 8 00P

DETROIT, MICH. Dp 4 46A 5 16A 7 15A 10 29A 3 36P 4 18P 5 05P 5 35P 7 35P 8 03P

Dearborn, Mich. Dp 4 57A 5 27A 7 26A 10 40A 3 47P 4 29P 5 16P 5 46P 7 46P 8 14P

Ann Arbor, Mich. Dp 5 27A 5 57A 7 56A 11 10A 4 17P 4 59P 5 46P 6 16P 8 16P 8 44P

Jackson, Mich. Dp 5 58A 6 28A 8 27A 11 41A 4 48P 6 47P 8 47P 9 15P

Albion, Mich. Dp 8 45A 11 59A 7 05P 9 33P

Battle Creek, Mich. Dp 5 43A 6 43A 7 43A 9 12A 12 26P 5 33P 6 06P 7 32P 9 32P 10 00P

Kalamazoo, Mich. Dp 6 11A 7 11A 7 41A 8 11A 9 40A 12 54P 6 01P 6 29P 7 11P 8 00P 10 00P 10 29P

Dowagiac, Mich. Dp 6 36A 8 36A 1 19P 10 53P

Niles, Mich. Dp 6 49A 7 42A 8 49A 1 32P 6 39P 11 06P

New Buffalo, Mich. Dp 7 10A 8 03A 9 10A 1 53P 7 00P 11 27P

Michigan City, Ind. Dp 6 19A 8 19A 1 02P 10 36P

Proposed in northwest Indiana Dp 6 53A 8 53A 1 36P 11 10P

CHICAGO, ILL. Ar 7 15A 8 10A 8 21A 9 15A 10 20A 1 58P 7 05P 7 09P 7 51P 11 32P

Notes:

1. Bold face type indicates afternoon and evening arrival and departure times.

4. Assume West Detroit Connection Track Project will save 12 minutes between Dearborn and Detroit.

5. Assume mid-corridor trains to Chicago and Detroit from Battle Creek and Kalamazoo respectively

6. Assume that the Indiana Gateway projects will reduce the recovery time going into Chicago Union Station by 5 minutes.

Source: Michigan Department of Transportation

Development of the preliminary full build-out schedule is based on work that had been previously done in the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative 

Plan (June 2004) and updated by MDOT staff. Train performance calculator runs were used to confirm travel times. Updated ridership 

forecasts reflecting more recent market and demographic conditions were used to confirm schedule frequencies. Running times between 

Porter, Indiana and Pontiac, Michigan are based on the proposed Build Alternative improvements described in Chapter 2 of the Tier 1 EIS. 

The train schedule will be updated to reflect the time savings gained from the infrastructure improvements in the SOTL once a Preferred 

Route Alternative is selected and all of the proposed infrastructure improvements for the Corridor are confirmed with additional engineering 

analysis. The updated schedule will be included in the Service Development Plan.

3. Assume arrival times to Chicago for 351, 353, and 355 may be adjusted to better compliment commuter rail service scheduling and

improve Chicago arrival times.

7. All times shown between Chicago, IL and Michigan City, IN are in the Central Time Zone. All times shown between New Buffalo, MI

and Pontiac, MI are in the Eastern Time Zone

Westbound

Eastbound

2. Assume departure times from Chicago for 350, 352. and 354 are to be similar to those in Amtrak's System Timetable for Summer

Fall 2013. In this matrix they are trains 704, 708, and 712.

Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac Passenger Rail Corridor Program Tier 1 EIS C-1