EAST LANSING, MI
Westbound International in East Lansing, August 2002
| When the Chicago-Toronto train, The International, was
reinstated, Amtrak needed a station in Lansing. The old
Grand Trunk station in Lansing was not
an option as it had already been sold and turned into a restaurant. Michigan
State University in nearby East Lansing, allowed Amtrak to set up a station
in a university-owned, storage building just south of the former Grand
Trunk tracks. The students got a station right on the west edge of campus,
and Amtrak got a new station at minimal cost. It lacks the charm and character
of stations from an earlier era, but does provide an indoor waiting room
and bathrooms, and is located in a good spot.
East Lansing is served by 2 Amtrak trains a day - the eastbound
and westbound sections of the International. Just west of the station is
the crossing with the CSX Detroit-Grand Rapids line. |
Street Side of Depot
East Lansing platform
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