Bangor station (Michigan)

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Bangor, MI
Bangor Amtrak station - November 2016.jpg
The Amtrak station in Bangor in November 2016.
General information
Location541 Railroad Street
Bangor, Michigan
United States
Coordinates 42°18′51″N86°6′42″W / 42.31417°N 86.11167°W / 42.31417; -86.11167
Owned by City of Bangor
Line(s) CSX Grand Rapids Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingShort-term only
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: BAM
History
Opened1926
Rebuilt2005
Passengers
FY 20233,250 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
St. Joseph
toward Chicago
Pere Marquette Holland
toward Grand Rapids
Former services
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
McDonald
toward Chicago
Pere Marquette Railway
Main Line
Breedsville
toward Grand Rapids
Location
Bangor station (Michigan)

Bangor station is a train station in Bangor, Michigan, serving Amtrak's Pere Marquette line. The station, originally built in 1926 by the Pere Marquette Railway, was renovated in 2005, and includes an enclosed waiting area, washrooms, a coffee shop, free parking, and payphones. It serves northern Van Buren County and the South Haven area.

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History

The brick Bangor station house was built in 1926 by the Pere Marquette Railway, replacing an 1870 wooden station that burned.

Amtrak shared the station with a toy train manufacturer from 1984 (when Amtrak service began) to 1991, when the manufacturer ceased production. The station was in declining condition, and Amtrak vacated it in favor of a smaller adjacent structure.

In November 2001, the City of Bangor purchased the station from CSX Transportation to prevent it from demolition. In 2004, they sold it to a health care provider, who doubled the floor space of the building by expanding the attic (once used as a sleeping space for railroaders) into a second floor. The city still owned the south portico, and they enclosed it as a waiting room.

In July,[ year needed ] the Michigan Department of Transportation awarded a $125,000 grant to the city and Amtrak to rebuild the waiting room and railway platform (owned by Amtrak). After floor, windows, doors, and washrooms were replaced and the benches were refinished, the station was fully reopened to trains on May 6, 2005.

The portico is now the waiting room, the waiting room is now a coffee shop, and the freight agent office and freight room are now space for the health care provider.

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References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.