Michigan Central Station

Michigan Central Station is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in , . Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: historic former railroad station in Detroit, Michigan
  • Address: 2405 West Vernor Highway, Detroit, MI

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roosevelt Warehouse and Slows Bar BQ.

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The , more commonly known as the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, is a building on 14th & Marantette Street in , . is situated 630 feet east of Michigan Central Station.

Restaurant
is a barbecue restaurant in Detroit, Michigan, with additional locations in and . The chef is Brian Perrone, and the restaurant is owned by the Cooley family. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Michigan Central Station.

Church
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was founded July 26, 1701 by French colonists in New France, and is the second-oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States. is situated 3,000 feet south of Michigan Central Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Corktown and Hubbard Farms.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded roughly by I-75 on the south, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard on the north, I-96 on the west, and the John C.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It is located on one of the old plots which used to be a ribbon farm along the .

Quarter
was a General Motors automobile factory in , on Clark Street, south of Michigan Avenue. It began operations in 1921 and Cadillac bodies were supplied by Fleetwood Metal Body in 1921 after Fisher Body assumed operations.

Michigan Central Station

Latitude
42.32872° or 42° 19′ 43″ north
Longitude
-83.07778° or 83° 4′ 40″ west
Inception
December 26th, 1913 and June 6th, 2024
Levels
18
Open location code
86JR8WHC+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 805151309
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Wiki­data ID
Q1764199
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Satellite Map

Discover Michigan Central Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Michigan Central Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “密西根中央車站”
  • Czech: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Dutch: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Stacidomo Miĉigano”
  • Esperanto: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Estonian: “Michigan Central Station”
  • French: “Michigan Central Station”
  • French: “Michigan Central”
  • German: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Hungarian: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Japanese: “ミシガン・セントラル駅”
  • Polish: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Central de Michigan”
  • Slovak: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Spanish: “Michigan Central Station”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральний вокзал Мічигану”
  • Urdu: “مشی گن سینٹرل اسٹیشن”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Macomb Park and Urban Put Put.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Assemble Sound and Newlab @ Michigan Central.

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