This is normally a busy time for Amtrak with travelers heading out for the holidays. However, this year Amtrak spokesman Mark Magliari expects travel will be down 80% below normal. He told Michigan News Network this week they’ve been forced to cut routes. Usually, there are three routes daily between Chicago and Detroit.
“Up to Pontiac, right now we’re only running one of those daily round trips,” Magliari said. “The other services we have in Michigan, up to Port Huron, there’s one daily train that continues. The one daily train to and from Grand Rapids continues. But down at Toledo and across Indiana, those trains are only running three days a week.”
In addition to capacity limits, Magliari says masks are required. Dining is allowed only at your seat to stop the spread of COVID.
