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Don't worry if you missed out on the first set of tours running June 7-16; public tours of the train station will resume June 21 and will run Fridays and Saturdays through the end of August.
The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968 and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The station served New York Central trains on the Chicago - Detroit route, such as the Chicago Mercury and the Twilight Limited and trains on the Chicago - Detroit ...
The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create ...
Historic photos of Michigan Central Station show heyday of old Detroit train depot. Gannett. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press. June 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM.
The trains covered the 153 miles (246 km) between Grand Rapids and Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit in under three hours. Connecting service to Chicago was available in Grand Rapids. [5] Other streamlined trains had debuted since 1945, but the Pere Marquette was the first using equipment built after World War II. [6]
In 1891 the railroad located two sites for planned depots in Charlevoix: this one on the north side of town near the Chicago Resort, and a second one (now demolished) on the south side of town near the Charlevoix Resort. [2] In 1892, the railroad contracted with the Grand Rapids firm of Pelton & Company to construct this depot. Work began in ...
The Pere Marquette is a passenger train in the United States, operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services on the 176-mile (283 km) route between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. It is funded in part by the Michigan Department of Transportation and is train 370 eastbound and train 371 westbound. [ 4 ]
Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press March 6, 2024 at 12:24 PM Amtrak will be limiting its operations between Detroit and Chicago this year for track improvements.