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Lapeer station

Coordinates: 43°02′58″N 83°18′22″W / 43.04944°N 83.30611°W / 43.04944; -83.30611
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Lapeer, MI
Lapeer station in September 2016
General information
Location73 Howard Street
Lapeer, Michigan
United States
Coordinates43°02′58″N 83°18′22″W / 43.04944°N 83.30611°W / 43.04944; -83.30611
Line(s)CN Flint Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: LPE
History
Opened1900
Rebuilt1991, 2004
Passengers
FY 20237,547[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Flint
toward Chicago
Blue Water Port Huron
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Flint
toward Chicago
International Port Huron
toward Toronto
Preceding station Grand Trunk Western Railroad Following station
Elba
toward Chicago
Main Line Atlica
toward Port Huron
Location
Map

Lapeer station is an Amtrak station in Lapeer, Michigan currently served by the Blue Water. The station was originally built in the early 1900s by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, and renovated by Amtrak and the Michigan Department of Transportation in 1991 and completely restored in 2004. Another station in Lapeer formerly served the Michigan Central Railroad, but is now the office for an insurance company.[2] The Amtrak station sits at a former junction of the GTW and MCRR lines, the latter of which is mostly removed, with the remaining piece now used by Lapeer Industrial Railroad.

From 1982–2004, the station was served by the International Limited, which was operated jointly by Via Rail and Amtrak and ran between Chicago and Toronto.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Station: Lapeer, Michigan - MCRR Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
  3. ^ Matt Melzer (23 April 2004). "Final Run of the Amtrak / VIA International". TrainWeb.org. Retrieved 4 August 2015. From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto
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