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New Buffalo station - Wikipedia

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New Buffalo, MI

The station in August 2009, prior to opening.

General information
Location225 North Whittaker Street
New Buffalo, Michigan
United States
Coordinates41°47′47″N 86°44′46″W / 41.7965°N 86.7461°W
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Amtrak Michigan Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes; free
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: NBU
History
OpenedOctober 26, 2009
Passengers
FY 202326,598[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chicago

Terminus

Blue Water Niles

toward Port Huron

Hammond–Whiting

toward Chicago

Wolverine Niles

toward Pontiac

Former services

Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Michigan City

toward Chicago

Wolverine Niles

toward Pontiac

Hammond–Whiting

toward Chicago

Pere Marquette St. Joseph
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Grand Beach

toward Chicago

Michigan Central Railroad

Main Line

Three Oaks

toward Buffalo

Location

Map

New Buffalo station is a train station in New Buffalo, Michigan, served by Amtrak, the United States' passenger railroad system. The Blue Water (Chicago–Port Huron) stops once daily, and Wolverine (Chicago–Detroit/Pontiac) stops three times daily in each direction.

The old Pere Marquette station in 2002

From August 5, 1984 to October 26, 2009, Amtrak's Pere Marquette (Chicago—Grand Rapids) stopped in New Buffalo at a station along the CSX Grand Rapids Subdivision. This station was located approximately seven blocks south of the current station, close to the New Buffalo Railroad Museum.[2] When the current station opened along the Amtrak-owned Michigan Line, the Pere Marquette stopped serving New Buffalo, although the trains still pass through town along this alignment.[3][4][5] Future plans envision a new connection east of the city to allow the Pere Marquette to be rerouted via the Michigan Line, enabling the service to stop at New Buffalo again and create eastbound travel options.[6]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "New Buffalo Railroad Museum". About the museum. Retrieved October 3, 2016. We are located at 530 S. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, Michigan
  3. ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3., p. 209–210
  4. ^ Maddux, Stan (May 11, 2008). "Amtrak to build station in New Buffalo: Four daily nonstop trips planned to Chicago's loop". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  5. ^ Creager, Ellen (October 26, 2009). "Detroit-Chicago Amtrak train will stop in New Buffalo". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  6. ^ LinkedUpRadio, Envisionwise Website Service /. "Amtrak Connection Proposed Outside New Buffalo". Hometown News Now. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

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