Amtrak Reduces Service from Jackson to Chicago

(March 18, 2020 6:29 PM) Some Amtrak Midwest modifications due to reduced travel demand, are effective Thursday, March 19, in partnership with the Wisconsin, Michigan and Missouri state transportation departments:

• Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha corridor service reduced to four daily roundtrips. Friday evening Hiawatha Train 343 also temporarily suspended. 
• Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac Wolverine corridor service reduced to two daily roundtrips. (This is the line serving Jackson)   The two departures for Chicago are now at 7:56 AM and 11:58 AM.
• Chicago-Holland-Grand Rapids Pere Marquette daily roundtrips suspended. Amtrak Thruway Bus connections to and from Grand Rapids are available daily via Kalamazoo.
• No changes to Chicago-East Lansing-Port Huron Blue Water roundtrips or Kansas City-Jefferson City-St. Louis Missouri River Runner corridor services.
• Some Amtrak Thruway Bus routes will have service modifications.

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