Station: Lansing, MI - Union Station (MC/PM)

Lansing Union Station was located at Lansing just north of Michigan Avenue. This was a "union station" because it was also used by the Pere Marquette railroad.

Photo info:  Various views of the Michigan Central Lansing union station. Top, a colorized postcard view. 2nd photo, the station in a winter scene. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd photo, a Pere Marquette streamlined train is stopped at Lansing Union Station in 1946. [H.E. Smith photo, Al Smith collection]. 4th photo, another winter shot with a hot-shot CP Rail freight train heading eastbound (south) past the station on CSX trackage rights. 1994. [Charlie Whipp]. 5th photo a 2004 view of the station, now Clara's Restaurant. [Alan Loftis]. 5th and 6th views, inside the station in 2004. [Alan Loftis]

Notes

Time Line

1866. N. Matheson who was station agent for the Amboy, Lansing & Traverse Bay railroad has resigned to accept a similar position for the JL&S railroad. [LSJ-1866-0321] Ed. Note: The AL&TB reached Lansing from Owosso in 1863, three years before the JL&S.

1866. The JL&S has contracted with Capt. J.R. Price for the construction of a passenger depot in Lansing. The building will be 22 by 28 feet in size, and will be finished with ample roof projections. It will be located on the company's grounds, west of the railroad track, fronting on Michigan avenue. [DFP-1866-1010]

1902. A new passenger station is built here by the MC, at a cost of $29,000. [MCR-1902]

1917. The MC had an operator-lerk here around-the-clock.  [TRT]