Birmingham was an Amtrak train station in Birmingham, Michigan, served by the '' Wolverine'' service. The station was located on an embankment at the eastern end of Villa Road, and consisted of a concrete platform with a small shelter and wheelchair lift. On October 13, 2014, the station was closed and replaced by the

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, located about southeast on Doyle Drive in Troy, Michigan. Historically, Birmingham had been a station for frequent

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passenger service from Detroit to Pontiac and Durand. Until 1960 the GTW operated trains that went beyond Durand to

Grand Rapids Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the ...

, on to Muskegon, where ferries could be boarded, for travelling across Lake Michigan, to Milwaukee. At Durand Union Station passengers could transfer the ''La Salle'' and the ''Inter-City Limited'' to Chicago, to the ''Inter-City Limited'' to Toronto and to mixed trains bound for Saginaw and Bay City.

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Birmingham Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
Former Amtrak stations in Michigan Buildings and structures in Oakland County, Michigan Transportation in Oakland County, Michigan Railway stations closed in 2014 {{Michigan-railstation-stub