Station: Lansing, MI - GTW facilities

GTW Lansing MI Station GTW Lansing MI Station GTW Lansing MI Station GTW Lansing MI Station The Grand Trunk Western's Lansing passenger train station was located on their main line at Washington Street south of downtown.

Photo info: Four photos of the GTW Lansing station. Top, a colorized postcard view. 2nd - 4th photos, in 2003. [All Alan Loftis]


Notes

The station has been restored and is currently owned by the Board of Water and Light. [CGJ/GTWHS-2021-Sum]


Time Line

1902. The GTW builds a new station here. [MCR-1902]

1902. The new GTW at Lansing depot is built by H. L. VanDerHorst. [LSJ-1971-1230]

1912. A new brick freight office and storage shed is built near the depot. [LSJ-1971-1230]

1918. The Grand Trunk had an agent here during the day and had telegraph operators here around the clock. [TRT]

1971. GTW operations will move from the depot to Snow Yard, west of Lansing. The depot will be sold.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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