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Ford Motor Company has acquired the iconic Michigan Central Station and plans to transform it into the centerpiece of a vibrant new campus in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood that will serve as an innovation hub for Ford’s vision for the future of transportation. See the recap of the conference and how Ford is creating a new tomorrow together.
–Ford Motor Company on YouTube
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There are a lot of viable passenger rail scenarios that could make good use of the station. That’s why they put it there, though I don’t expect that’s forthcoming. Besides Windsor, the Mt. Clemons Branch running the opposite direction (8 miles of which is already grade separated and designed for three tracks)is begging for development as a passenger line. Whereas the airport idea’s rather complicated it wouldn’t take much to build a subway from Cadillac Square to the station – and this has probably been contemplated and examined over and over. The bridgework and Carriage Entrance at the station seem designed with that in mind. Contact me for my illustrated essay on “How the get a Michigan Avenue Subway Line across the M-10 Highway without Moving the Road”.