I'm looking for a fun place to take my nephew who really wants to go on a train. He's going to be 6 this summer. We live in the Detroit area so I would take the train out of Dearborn. Want to be able to get off the train and not have to take a taxi. Just looking for a day trip - maybe go some place for lunch or do a little shopping. Looking for a Northville or Plymouth type town. Any suggestions?
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Out of Dearborn your only choice is the Wolverine, which goes to Chicago. You can download the timetable here:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/Page/1237405732505/1237405732505
Right now it runs three times a day, but the one you would want leaves Dearborn at 11:50 AM and arrives as follows:
Ann Arbor 12:29 PM
Jackson 1:10 PM
Albion 1:33 PM
Battle Creek 2:06 PM
You can see the other destinations on the timetable.
Return train arrives Dearborn at 6:23 PM and leaves as follows:
Battle Creek 2:12 PM
Albion 4:41 PM
Jackson 5:05 PM
Ann Arbor 5:45 PM
If you want to go the other direction, there is a 2:12 PM train out of Dearborn that stops in Royal Oak and Birmingham and arrives in Pontiac at 3:07. Return train leaves Pontiac at 5:35 PM (stops the same places) and gets into Dearborn at 6:40 PM.
That's it out of Dearborn on Amtrak.
That should have been a 4:13 PM departure from Battle Creek.
Thanks for the info!! Does anyone know about Battle Creek? Does it have a downtown area? Is it near the train station?
You can go to Clara's on the River in Downtown Battle Creek. Just a few blocks from the Amtrak station.
It has a railroad and historical theme. Good food too.
http://www.claras.com
Thanks for the suggestion joe!
Battle Creek? ecch! quaint-not
I'd suggest you Google-image some photos of beautiful downtown BC before committing. If that doesn't disssuade you, they used to allow tours of the cereal factory, but I think that's been discontinued, due to lawyers.