[1] The project would connect with a proposed Detroit bus rapid transit service and the QLine streetcar.

Until 1983, SEMTA operated Grand Trunk Western Railroad's former service between downtown Detroit, and Pontiac, Michigan.

[4] From November 12 to 14, 2012, testing of the railcar fleet by an Amtrak GE Dash 8-32BWH locomotive took place between Pontiac and Jackson; while service will only initially operate between Ann Arbor and Detroit, testing the fleet on additional trackage eases the process required for future expansion to Jackson and Pontiac.

[6] An end-to-end ride is estimated to take 45 minutes, and there would be stops at Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Wayne, Dearborn and the New Center neighborhood in Detroit.

[6] SEMCOG Commuter Rail's rolling stock are all ex-Metra Budd bi-level gallery-type cars and ex-GO Transit EMD F59PH units currently owned by RB Railway Leasing.