Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad given to railroads (which would then re-sell these lands for a profit) in exchange for constructing certain routes. At the heart of Michigan's network at the time were the Michigan Central Railroad and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, both of which ran east-west across the southern Lower Peninsula. As proposed in the route would run from "Amboy by Hillsdale and Lansing, and from Grand Rapids to some point on or near Traverse Bay." This route would bisect the existing railroad network and provide a railroad connection to Lansing, the new state capital. Almost immediately local interests intervened: the
Lansing Station Lansing Station Lansing Station is a road located in Lansing, New York, United States. It is on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York and is often used to refer to a part of the town located in the Lansing School District near the North Lansing Fire Station. There is mixed residential housing along Lansing Station. However, many wealthy people live in the area that also runs into Algerine Road, including John Alexander the founder of CBORD, which sold in 2008 to Roper Technologies in a deal valued at $367 million. Lansing