Milwaukee Railroad Stations

Milwaukee has two Amtrak stops: an intermodal station just to the southwest of downtown, and a stop just to the West of the main airport.

The downtown station was originally a modernist structure built by the Milwaukee Road in 1965 (near the nadir of American passenger rail service) to replace the Everett Street Depot. The Chicago and North Western Railroad moved their passenger operations to the facility a year later. The building was extensively renovated and reopened in 2007 as an intermodal train/bus station.

My trip through the station in November of 2011 immediately followed the announcement by newly-elected Republican Governor Scott Walker that he would be cancelling High Speed Rail plans instituted by his predecessor, Democrat Jim Doyle. The promotional materials were still up at the station.

The city's other Amtrak station is an attractive Prairie Style building serves the General Mitchell Airport. The building was dedicated in 2005 under the administration of the aforementioned Governor Doyle. Free shuttle service connected the station to the main airport terminal.

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Lobby
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Ticket window
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Waiting
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Advertising
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Hiawatha Service
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Top of platform shelter
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Tracks headed West
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Train shed
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Switch heater
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Tracks headed East
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Depot Entrance
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Train Shed
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All Aboard
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Wisconsin HSR
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Wisconsin HSR
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Wisconsin HSR
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Wisconsin HSR
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Wisconsin HSR
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Wisconsin HSR
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Shuttle
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station
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Hiawatha Service
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Milwaukee Airport Rail Station

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