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Amtrak - Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)



GRAND RAPIDS
MICHIGAN
(GRR)

 

Station Data:

Address

440 Century Avenue SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Map

Location

42.96 N, 85.68 W

Elevation

186 m / 610 ft

Population

188,040 (Census 2010)

Staff

Unstaffed

Building

Built in 2014

Ridership

55,545 (FY2011)

 

Amtrak Train Information:

Train Name Route

PERE MARQUETTE

[ Chicago, IL - St. Joseph, MI - Grand Rapids, MI ]


New Station Opened on 10/27/2014:
New Amtrak Grand Rapids Station (
The Vernon J. Ehlers Station) opened on October 27, 2014 at 440 Century Drive.  It was relocated from the corner of Market & Wealthy Streets (about 2000 ft west of the new station).



Visited December 30, 2018 (New Station: 440 Century Avenue)

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Station Building (North Side)

Station Building

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Parking Lot in front of the station

Platform Side (South Side)

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Station Hours

Waiting Area (Closed in daytime)

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Century Avenue (Looking North)

Amtrak Station Information

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Platform (Looking North)

Dead End

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Platform (Looking South)

Platform (Looking South)

Visited December 30, 2018 (Old Station: Market & Wealthy Streets)

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Former Amtrak Station Building

Former Amtrak Station Building

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Former Amtrak Station Building

Former Amtrak Station Building

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Notice for Amtrak passengers

Looking Northwest

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Southeast Side Entrance

Platform Side

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Platform Side

Inside of the building

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Looking Northwest

Looking South

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Looking Northwest

Market Avenue (Looking North)

Visited December 29, 2018 (New Station: 440 Century Avenue)

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Station Building (North Side)

Century Avenue (Looking South)

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Century Avenue (Looking North)

Exit to Parking Lot

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Waiting Area

Waiting Area

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Restroom in the waiting area

Dead End

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Amtrak Station Information

Platform (Looking South)

Visited May 8, 2002 (Old Station: Market & Wealthy Streets)

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Station Building

Waiting Area

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Looking Northwest

Looking Southeast (Chicago)

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Parking Lot

 



Amtrak Grand Rapids Station (July 1988)

Amtrak Pere Marquette at Grand Rapids Station (September 1991)

Amtrak Pere Marquette at Grand Rapids Station (April 1995)

Moves to a New Location (December 2018)




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