DETROIT, Mich. (WILX) - A new transportation hub aimed at promoting tourism is coming to Detroit.

The transit hub will be built alongside the Department of Transportation, City of Detroit and Michigan Central.

The $40 million investment will be located at the 30-acre Michigan Central innovation District. It will feature a new passenger rail and intercity bus transit station.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the hub will:

Serve as a new gateway, expanding access to the city and state with a direct connection between the Detroit-Ann Arbor Innovation Corridor and Detroit Metro Airport;

Support economic opportunities with a proposed extension of a Chicago-Detroit Amtrak Wolverine train to Windsor and Toronto; and

Position Detroit as a leader in the region’s transit future, cementing

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