MBTA EMD GP9 #902 at South Station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2006, still in SEMTA orange-and-gray.
Overview
Predecessor
Grand Trunk Western Railroad commuter services
First service
January 2, 1974
Last service
October 17, 1983
Former operator(s)
SEMTA
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GTW Holly Subdivision to Durand
0.0 mi
0 km
Pontiac
GTW Jackson Subdivision
BL I-75 / Bus. US 10 (Saginaw Street)
BL I-75
Square Lake Road
5.1 mi
8.2 km
Bloomfield Hills
6.4 mi
10.3 km
Charing Cross
8.5 mi
13.7 km
Birmingham
12.0 mi
19.3 km
Oakwood Boulevard
13.1 mi
21.1 km
Royal Oak
10 Mile Road (proposed path of I-696)
15.4 mi
24.8 km
Ferndale
M-102
8 Mile Road
19.7 mi
31.7 km
Chrysler Center
Detroit Terminal Railroad
Davison Freeway
I-75
Chrysler Freeway
22.2 mi
35.7 km
Milwaukee Junction
Conrail Mackinaw Branch
GTW Mount Clemens Subdivision
I-94
Edsel Ford Freeway
M-3
Gratiot Avenue
Dequindre Cut
26.3 mi
42.3 km
Detroit
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SEMTA Commuter Rail, also known as the Silver Streak, was a commuter train operated by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. It began in 1974 when SEMTA assumed control of the Grand Trunk's existing commuter trains over the route. SEMTA discontinued operations in 1983. Amtrak began offering intercity service between Detroit and Pontiac in 1994 as part of its Michigan Services.
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