Michigan Central Station – 1976

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• back in 1978-79 Amtrak did run passenger trains across southern ontario into new york state it was called the Niagara Rainbow i guess ridership wasn't what the railroad thought it would be so it was discontinued on the other hand Amtrak still runs a train in ontario called the maple leaf it comes from NYC and crosses the border thru the tunnel in sarnia

• I laughed i remeber last year when city council was taking about this Intermodal rail depot out at the airportthey had to have some one from the railroad attend the meeting because 3/4's of them didn't even know what intermodal meant

• The Amtrack Maple Leaf, daily service from NY city to Toronto, and Toronto to NY city via Buufalo NY.Train number 63 and 64, a 12 hour ride.
  The Toronto to Chicago is the Biuewater Service,train number 365 and 364 through Sarnia tunnel. If ever high speed rail that is the probable route not through Windsor.

• Ken i might be wrong but i think CP might have had a passenger station located right in the yard near crawford avenue

• i can't understand why the city was so intent on building a new train station out near the airport its pracitcally on the outskirts of town i read here someone mentioned having to wlk thru the midtown area with the whores pick pockets and crack heads i can't understand why transit windsor doesn't have one of the small buses the size of the short ones they use for the tunnel to start a shuttle to the downtown bus station seeing how the bus company is always belly aching from no revenue maybe via could help pay for part of the shuttle service

• Gary - i really don't think they had another station after they tore the one at riverside down. that's probably when they started to share the MCR station, which may be what your thinking.
  also it doesn't matter what the city is pushing for. VIA has no intention of moving to the airport, they wanted to get closer to downtown. as it stands now they've already made an announcment to build a new one on the current site.

• Yes, VIA has announced that they will build next to their existing station. Locating at the airport was suggested by the mayor as an intermodal link. Personally, I don't think it was such a good idea. I would rather have seen the new station built on the West side and to make use of the tunnel for US bound traffic. Politicians keep talking about high speed service along the Windsor-Quebec corridor. As it stands now, US bound trains use the Sarnia tunnel. Consequently, they soon will be talking about Sarnia-Quebec corridor high speed service and the London-Windsor corridor will become a branch (milk run) line. I think it would have been possible to locate the new VIA near downtown (a short shuttle ride) and make use of the tunnel (old or new) to continue on to Chicago. Opportunity missed. VIA could continue using their rail from London, contract with ETR to traverse the city to the West... and it would have been scenic enough. Well maybe.

• Aaron i remember as a kid CP ran Budd RDC cars for their passenger service to london/Toronto i always thought they had another station right in CP's crawford ave yard i remember seeing the RDC cars running across the diamond at Walkerville Jct i think they discotinued passenger sevice in about 69-70

• If Via wanted access to the westside, they have their own tracks from the Y at Jefferson to the spur parrel to Walker Rd. to the CN tracks ( old NYC line) to west side of Windsor, CN now runs two freight trains a day from Chatham this way,the trains Gary complained about.

• the only problem with opening that building as a bathroom/snack bar is the city only staffs it when something is going on in the park great idea anyway