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Detroit River Tunnel Company

Michigan Central Railway Tunnel
PostcardDetroitMIEntranceDetroitRiverRRTunnel.jpg
Postcard picture, early 1900s
Overview
Location Detroit River
Coordinates 42°19′07″N 83°03′38″W / 42.31849°N 83.06049°W / 42.31849; -83.06049Coordinates: 42°19′07″N 83°03′38″W / 42.31849°N 83.06049°W / 42.31849; -83.06049
System Canadian Pacific Railway
Start Detroit, Michigan, US
End Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Operation
Work begun October 1906
Opened July 26, 1910 (1910-07-26)
Owner Canadian Pacific Railway and Borealis Transportation
Operator Detroit River Tunnel Company
Traffic Freight
Technical
Length 1.6 mi (2.6 km)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge

The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit, Michigan, in the United States with Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. The US entrance is south of Porter and Vermont streets near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The Canadian entrance is south of Wyandotte Street West between Cameron and Wellington Avenues. It was built by the Detroit River Tunnel Company for the Canada Southern Railway, leased by the Michigan Central Railroad and owned by the New York Central Railroad. The tunnel opened in 1910 and is still in use today by the Canadian Pacific Railway. On the Detroit side, the area around the tunnel is off limits to the general public and is routinely patrolled by officers and agents of the US Department of Homeland Security, Canadian Pacific Police Service, CN Police, Detroit Police Department, and the security elements of the bridge company.

Prior to the construction of the tunnel, the Canada Southern Railway had several connections to Michigan at its west end, all train ferries. The northern one ran across the St. Clair River, connecting to the St. Clair and Western Railroad. The southern connection crossed the Detroit River south of Detroit, connecting to the Canada Southern Bridge Company at Grosse Ile. Additionally a branch (usually considered the main line) split from the line to Grosse Ile at Essex, running to the Detroit River at Windsor.


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