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  2. Michigan Central Station - Wikipedia

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    Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.

  3. Michigan Central Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Michigan Central Station in Detroit in 2010. Michigan Central was the owner of Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Opened in 1913, the building is of the Beaux-Arts Classical style of architecture, designed by the Warren and Wetmore and Reed and Stem firms who also designed New York City's Grand Central Terminal. As such, Michigan Central ...

  4. Detroit station - Wikipedia

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    The station building in Detroit. Detroit station is an intermodal transit station in Detroit, Michigan. Located in New Center, the facility currently serves Amtrak and QLine streetcars. It also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines, Detroit Department of Transportation buses, SMART and buses. Baltimore Street station, in the median of Woodward ...

  5. Mitch Albom: Michigan Central Station celebrates not just ...

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    Members of the public line up for tours outside of Michigan Central Station in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Friday, June 7, 2024. Carl Sandburg’s full quote is as follows: “The past is a ...

  6. Historic photos of Michigan Central Station show heyday of ...

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    Originally built in 1913, Michigan Central Station was designed by the same architectural firms that worked on New York City’s Grand Central Station. The building had 10 gates for trains, and ...

  7. I was an adult before I learned of Michigan Central Station's ...

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    A different kind of traveler. In those first years of the brand new Michigan Central Station, many African Americans were coming to Detroit, drawn by Henry Ford's offer of $5 a day in 1914.

  8. Ford Restores Grandeur To Train Station That Symbolized ...

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    The train station's history reflects the city's fortunes during its heyday as the world's car capital and later misfortunes as thousands of autoworkers and other residents fled Detroit for life in ...

  9. Fort Street Union Depot - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Street Union Depot was a passenger train station located at the southwest corner of West Fort Street and Third Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It served the city from 1893 to 1971, then demolished in 1974. [ 1] Today, the downtown campus of Wayne County Community College occupies the site.