Amtrak suspends Grand Rapids service
In light of COVID-19, Amtrak has announced modified Midwest schedules effective Thursday and Saturday.
2 min readMar 23, 2020
Service modifications are due to reduced travel demand and are in partnership with the Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri state transportation departments.
Effective March 19:
- Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha corridor service reduced to four daily round trips. Friday evening Hiawatha Train 343 also temporarily suspended.
- Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac Wolverine corridor service reduced to two daily round trips.
- Chicago-Holland-Grand Rapids Pere Marquette daily round trips suspended. Amtrak Thruway Bus connections to and from Grand Rapids are available daily via Kalamazoo.
- Some Amtrak Thruway Bus routes will have service modifications.
Effective March 21:
- Chicago-Milwaukee corridor service reduced to two daily round trips, including Hiawatha and Empire Builder trains.
- Chicago-St. Louis corridor service reduced to three daily round trips, including Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle trains.
- Chicago-Carbondale corridor service reduced to two daily round trips, including Illini and City of New Orleans trains.
- Chicago-Macomb-Quincy corridor service reduced to one daily round trip
- Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac Wolverine corridor service reduced to one daily round trip.
No changes will be made to Chicago-East Lansing-Port Huron Blue Water daily round trips or Kansas City-Jefferson City-St. Louis Missouri River Runner corridor services.
