While Amtrak ridership and revenues are up in 2025, its projects have recently hit major roadblocks. On October 15, President Donald Trump officially "terminated" the Gateway Project set to improve a section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between New Jersey and New York. That same day, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a multimillion-dollar plan to connect Amtrak's Chicago-Detroit Wolverine line to Toronto.

Now, passengers fear that while the U.S. government has already committed initial funds for the proposed U.S.-Canada Amtrak extension, it's Canada that might pull its funding due to ongoing border tensions. The proposal involves a new transportation hub and intercity bus service that would connect the Amtrak Wolverine to Canada through an underwater tunnel. And then from

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