Station: Lansing, MI - GTW facilities

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

Photo info: Five photos of the GTW Lansing station. Top, a view of a passenger train loading at Lansing. [Robert McNeill collection]. 2nd image, a colorized postcard view. 3rd - 5th 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.