Pere Marquette (Amtrak train)

Pere Marquette
The Pere Marquette at Grand Rapids, July 2020
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
LocaleMidwest United States
PredecessorPere Marquette
First serviceAugust 4, 1984
Current operator(s)Amtrak
Annual ridership85,845 (FY23) Decrease -0.4%[a][1]
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Stops4
Distance travelled176 miles (283 km)
Average journey time4 hours[2]
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)370, 371
On-board services
Class(es)Coach Class
Business Class
Disabled accessTrain lower level, all stations
Catering facilitiesCafé (snack coach)
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks
Technical
Rolling stockGE Genesis
Superliner
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speedUp to 79 mph (127 km/h) (Current)
Up to 110 mph (180 km/h) (Planned)
Track owner(s)CSX, NS, Amtrak[3]
Route map
Legend
Empire Builder, Borealis, &
Hiawatha
0 mi
0 km
 Chicago Metra
California Zephyr, Illinois
Zephyr, & Southwest Chief
Lincoln Service & Texas Eagle
Cardinal
City of New Orleans,
Illini & Saluki
IL
IN
16 mi
26 km
 Hammond–Whiting
Floridian &
Lake Shore Limited
South Shore Line
to South Bend Airport
IN
MI
62 mi
100 km
 New Buffalo
Blue Water to Port Huron
& Wolverine to Pontiac
New Buffalo Connection
(planned)
89 mi
143 km
 St. Joseph
116 mi
187 km
 Bangor
151 mi
243 km
 Holland
176 mi
283 km
 Grand Rapids
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The Pere Marquette is a passenger train operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services on the 176-mile (283 km) route between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. It is funded in part by the Michigan Department of Transportation and is train 370 eastbound and train 371 westbound.[4] The westbound train leaves Grand Rapids during the morning rush, and the eastbound train leaves Chicago after the afternoon rush, enabling same-day business travel between the two cities.

The train is named for a named train of the defunct Pere Marquette Railway[5] and in turn for Pere Marquette, Michigan, an early name for Ludington.[6] The town was named for Father Jacques Marquette, a French explorer of the Great Lakes region.[6]


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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023 Ridership" (PDF). Amtrak. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Timetable Results". www.amtrak.com. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Kolker, Ken (December 23, 2008). "State Asks Amtrak To Explain Delays: Michigan Trains Late Nearly 75% of the Time". The Grand Rapids Press.
  4. ^ "Michigan Services Schedule" (PDF). Amtrak. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Pere Marquette". Grand Valley Metropolitan Council. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Who or What Are All Those 'Pere Marquettes'?". Pere Marquette Historical Society. Retrieved December 1, 2007.