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Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers 50th Annual Meeting
Date
Saturday, October 14, 2023 12:00 PM Saturday, October 14, 2023 3:00 PM
Location
Durand Union Station 200 Railroad Street Durand MI 48429
The meeting begins with luncheon at 12:00 Noon followed by the keynote speaker Katie Mitzner, Director of Communications for Brightline Trains. Ms. Mitzner will speak on the topic “Connecting Florida : What Brightline is All About.” Her talk will highlight progress of the country’s first, privately owned and operated high speed intercity passenger train which recently completed a direct connection to the Orlando airport.
For more: http://www.marp.org/
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.