Birmingham station (Michigan)

Birmingham, MI
A Wolverine departing Birmingham.
General information
Location	449 South Eton Street Birmingham, MI 48009
Coordinates	42°32′44″N 83°11′39″W / 42.54556°N 83.19417°W / 42.54556; -83.19417
Line(s)	Wolverine
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Other information
Station code	BMM
History
Closed	13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
Passengers
2013	23,257[1]  18%
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Royal Oak toward Chicago Wolverine Pontiac Terminus Preceding station SEMTA Following station Oakwood Boulevard toward Detroit Silver Streak Charing Cross toward Pontiac
Location

Birmingham was an Amtrak train station in Birmingham, Michigan, served by the Wolverine service. The station was located on an embankment at the eastern end of Villa Road, and consisted of a concrete platform with a small shelter and wheelchair lift.^[2] On October 13, 2014, the station was closed and replaced by the Troy Transit Center, located about 1,200 feet (370 m) southeast on Doyle Drive in Troy, Michigan.^[3][4]

Historically, Birmingham had been a station for frequent Grand Trunk Western passenger service from Detroit to Pontiac and Durand. Until 1960 the GTW operated trains that went beyond Durand to Grand Rapids, on to Muskegon, where ferries could be boarded, for travelling across Lake Michigan, to Milwaukee.^[5][6] At Durand Union Station passengers could transfer the La Salle and the Inter-City Limited to Chicago, to the Inter-City Limited to Toronto^[7] and to mixed trains bound for Saginaw and Bay City.^[8]