Kalamazoo Transportation Center

{{Short description|Train and bus station in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Kalamazoo, MI

| image = Michigan Central Depot-Kalamazoo.jpg

| caption = The 1887-built Michigan Central Railroad depot in 2014

| address = 459 North Burdick Street

| borough = Kalamazoo, Michigan

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|42|17|44|N|85|35|03|W|region:US_MI|display=inline,title}}

| line = Amtrak Michigan Line

| other =

| platform = 1 side platform, 1 island platform

| parking = Yes; paid

| depth =

| tracks = 2

| train_operators =

| bus_stands = 20

| bus_operators = {{Unbulleted list|{{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway|{{bus icon}} Greyhound Lines|{{bus icon}} Indian Trails|{{bus icon}} Metro}}

| bus_routes =

| bicycle =

| opened = 1887

| closed =

| rebuilt = 2006

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|KAL}}

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box |system=Amtrak |passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Kalamazoo}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationMI}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}} }}

| owned = City of Kalamazoo

| style = Amtrak

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Blue Water|left1=Dowagiac|right1=Battle Creek

|line2=Wolverine|left2=Dowagiac|right2=Battle Creek

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Lake Cities|left1=Niles|right1=Battle Creek

|line2=International Limited|left2=Dowagiac|right2=Battle Creek

|system3=New York Central Railroad

|line3=Michigan Central|left3=Mattawan|right3=Comstock

|line4=Kalamazoo Branch|left4=Portage|right4=Argenta

|line5=South Haven Branch|left5=Alamo|right5=

}}

| nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

| name = Michigan Central Depot (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

| nrhp_type =

| image =

| caption =

| location = Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

| nearest_city =

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=15 }}

| area =

| built =

| architect = Cyrus Eidlitz

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = July 11, 1975

| refnum=75000949{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=75000949}}

| designated_other1 = Michigan

| designated_other1_date = February 21, 1975

}}

}}

The Kalamazoo Transportation Center is an Intermodal train and bus station in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.{{Cite news |last=Jessup |first=Kathy |date=September 16, 2006 |title=Transportation center off to smooth start |work=Kalamazoo Gazette}} It is the second-busiest Amtrak station in Michigan, after Ann Arbor.{{Cite web |date=March 2024 |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023, State of Michigan |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/MICHIGAN23.pdf |website=Amtrak}} The Kalamazoo Transportation Center serves as the main hub for Kalamazoo Metro local buses, and also serves intercity buses operated by Greyhound and Indian Trails.

The railroad station was built in 1887 by the Michigan Central Railroad, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. An expansion project in 2005 and 2006 renovated the original station building and added a bus station for local and intercity buses.

The station is served by Amtrak's {{lnl|Amtrak|Blue Water}} and {{lnl|Amtrak|Wolverine}} trains, as part of Amtrak's Michigan Services brand. The station was formerly served by the {{lnl|Amtrak|International Limited}}, a Toronto–Chicago service which operated from 1982 to 2004 as a partnership between Via Rail and Amtrak.{{Cite web |last=Matt Melzer |date=April 23, 2004 |title=Final Run of the Amtrak / VIA International |url=http://www.trainweb.com/travelogues/mattmelzer/2004d21a.html |publisher=TrainWeb.org |quote=From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto |accessdate=August 4, 2015}}