Tracks 2 Disabled access Yes Phone +1 800-872-7245 | Parking Short-term only; free Opened 5 May 1994 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 11 West Baltimore Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202 Owned by Michigan Department of Transportation Line(s) GTW Shore Line Subdivision Address 11 W Balti Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA Owner Michigan Department of Transportation Connections Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach Similar John D Dingell Transit C, Michigan Central Station, Birmingham station, Pontiac Transportation Center, Royal Oak station | ||
Detroit station is a train station in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. It serves Amtrak's Wolverine line and is planned to serve the QLINE.
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Description
The station consists of a one-story building which includes a waiting room, ticket office, and restrooms. The platform is accessible by a tower at the back of the building, which heads to the level of the elevated GTW Shore Line Subdivision railway.
History
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) bought the 3.1 acre site of the station for $889,000 – which also includes land directly across the tracks – in 1994 from General Motors. The station was built in 1994 as a replacement for the former Michigan Central Station, which closed in 1988. From the closure of that station in 1988 until the new stations opening in 1994, services used a platform close to the old station.
Future
Since the mid-2000s, MDOT has been working with local and federal agencies to develop an intermodal transit center one block south of the current station bounded by the Conrail North Yard Branch railway to the north, Woodward to the east, Amsterdam to the south, and Cass to the west. The station would bring together the services of Amtrak, DDOT, SMART, M-1 Rail, and future proposed services including the Woodward Avenue BRT and Ann Arbor-Detroit regional rail. The first phase was completed in 2010 consisting of clearing the site and building a surface parking lot for the future station. MDOT announced in January 2016 that the department was also seeking to partner with developers to also include mixed-use development at the site.