Overview
- Michigan Central, the Michigan Department of Transportation and the City of Detroit signed an MOU to begin engineering and environmental work for a multimodal hub in Corktown.
- The facility is envisioned to serve intercity buses and passenger rail within the Michigan Central Innovation District.
- Officials say the hub would consolidate MDOT’s aging Howard Street bus terminal and the New Center Amtrak station into a single modern site with improved amenities.
- Partners describe the project as supporting a proposed Amtrak Wolverine extension to Windsor and Toronto, with trains expected to stop near, not inside, the historic station.
- Preliminary plans place the hub on Ford-owned land southwest of Michigan Central, with assessments targeted by Oct. 1, 2026, and a potential late-2028 opening contingent on further approvals and agreements.