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The routes carried 780,549 passengers during fiscal year 2018.<ref name="MDOT">{{cite web |title=Passenger Rail Statistics |url=https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/RailStats/railStatsHome.htm |website=mdotjboss.state.mi.us |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>
Up until fiscal year 2014, the State of Michigan only subsidized the operations of the ''Pere Marquette'' and ''Blue Water'' at a cost of $8 million in fiscal year 2014. Starting fiscal year 2014, the state took on the costs of operations for the ''Wolverine'' pushing the state subsidy to $25 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=VanHulle|first=Lindsay|title=Amtrak works with the state to upgrade service, raise number of riders|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20131006/NEWS06/310060086/amtrak-ridership-michigan-detroit-chicago-wifi-internet-bikes-subsidies-improvements|access-date=October 20, 2013|newspaper=Gannett Michigan|date=October 6, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130618/http://www.freep.com/article/20131006/NEWS06/310060086/amtrak-ridership-michigan-detroit-chicago-wifi-internet-bikes-subsidies-improvements|url-status=dead}}</ref>
No checked baggage service is available on Michigan Services routes.
== History ==
When [[Amtrak]] was founded in 1971, five private companies provided inter-city passenger service in Michigan: the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio]] (B&O), the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway|Chesapeake & Ohio]] (C&O), the [[Grand Trunk Western Railway|Grand Trunk Western]], the [[Norfolk and Western Railway|Norfolk & Western]], and [[Penn Central]]. Services provided:<ref>{{cite news | title=Amtrak's beginnings | first=John | last=Kelly | date=June 5, 2001 | access-date=August 11, 2010 | url=http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=54 | publisher=Classic Trains | archive-date=June 2, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602150701/http://trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=54 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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