TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo governmental organization will help fund a feasibility study on reinstating train service between Toledo and Detroit, the Toledo Blade reports.
The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will provide $20,000 toward the study, expected to cost $50,000, and is asking the city of Toledo to fund the remainder.
The roughly 60-mile route last had service in 1995, with one daily Amtrak round trip that was an extension of Chicago-Detroit service. Restoration would require use of tracks owned and operated by Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, or CSX Transportation.
Among topics to be examined by the study would be “Which route would work? Would one [railroad] be more likely to cooperate?” David Gedeon, the council’s vice president for transportation, told the newspaper.
