Bangor station (Michigan)

Bangor station is a train station in Bangor, Michigan, serving Amtrak's Pere Marquette line. The station, originally built in 1926 by the Pere Marquette Railway, was renovated in 2005, and includes an enclosed waiting area, washrooms, a coffee shop, free parking, and payphones. It serves northern Van Buren County and the South Haven area.

Bangor, MI
The Amtrak station in Bangor in November 2016.
General information
Location	541 Railroad Street Bangor, Michigan United States
Coordinates	42°18′51″N 86°6′42″W
Owned by	City of Bangor
Line(s)	CSX Grand Rapids Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Short-term only
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: BAM
History
Opened	1926
Rebuilt	2005
Passengers
FY 2023	3,250[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station St. Joseph toward Chicago Pere Marquette Holland toward Grand Rapids
Former services Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station McDonald toward Chicago Pere Marquette Railway Main Line Breedsville toward Grand Rapids
Location

History

The brick Bangor station house was built in 1926 by the Pere Marquette Railway, replacing an 1870 wooden station that burned.

Amtrak shared the station with a toy train manufacturer from 1984 (when Amtrak service began) to 1991, when the manufacturer ceased production. The station was in declining condition, and Amtrak vacated it in favor of a smaller adjacent structure.

In November 2001, the City of Bangor purchased the station from CSX Transportation to prevent it from demolition. In 2004, they sold it to a health care provider, who doubled the floor space of the building by expanding the attic (once used as a sleeping space for railroaders) into a second floor. The city still owned the south portico, and they enclosed it as a waiting room.

In July,^{[year needed]} the Michigan Department of Transportation awarded a $125,000 grant to the city and Amtrak to rebuild the waiting room and railway platform (owned by Amtrak). After floor, windows, doors, and washrooms were replaced and the benches were refinished, the station was fully reopened to trains on May 6, 2005.

The portico is now the waiting room, the waiting room is now a coffee shop, and the freight agent office and freight room are now space for the health care provider.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

External links

• Bangor, MI – Amtrak
• Bangor, MI – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Amtrak Michigan Services
• Michigan Passenger Stations
• City of Bangor
• "Bangor Coffee Depot". peremarquettecoffee.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2007.
• Amtrak Stations Database
• Amtrak Photo Archive Station 1991-2005, 1926 station exterior before renovation, Waiting room before renovation with original benches