Sterling Heights explores passenger rail connection to downtown Detroit and beyond

Sterling Heights launches effort to add passenger rail to Detroit as Jocelyn Benson focuses on trains - The Midwesterner

It’s been just days since voters elected Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson governor, and they’re already talking trains. “This could be an opportunity whose window will start closing over the ensuing years, and we certainly don’t want that to happen,” Sterling Heights City Manager Mark Vanderpool told WXYZ. “I think that would be negligent.” City...

Sterling Heights explores passenger rail connection to downtown Detroit and beyond

City leaders are researching whether an existing 26-mile manufacturing rail line could be converted to carry passengers between Sterling Heights and downtown Detroit.