The Michigan Department of Transportation is spending about $1 million to install Wi-Fi on the state's Amtrak trains by January. Improving Internet access should increase ridership and produce higher revenues that more than offset the cost, department spokesman Nick Schirripa told MLive.com (http://bit.ly/1dQjCxu ).
Amtrak gets state and federal subsidies and has three routes in Michigan. The Blue Water runs from Port Huron to Chicago, the Pere Marquette from Grand Rapids to Chicago and the Wolverine from Pontiac to Chicago.
WiFiNovation's insight:
"The installation of Wi-Fi service on Amtrak trains in Michigan makes passenger rail travel more attractive, efficient and productive throughout the state," Tim Hoeffner, director of the Michigan's rail office, said in a statement. "We are proud Michigan is the first Midwestern state to offer Wi-Fi service on all its Amtrak lines."
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