Niles (Amtrak station)

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Niles

Station statistics

Address

598 Dey Street
Niles, MI 49120

Lines

Blue Water

Wolverine

Parking

Baggage check

Other information

Opened

1892

Rebuilt

2003

Accessible

Code

NLS

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

18,061 ▲ 1.6%

Michigan Central Railroad Niles Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Map of the United States

Location:

Niles, Michigan, USA

Built/Founded:

1892

Architectural style(s):

Romanesque

Added to NRHP:

1993

Niles is a train station in Niles, Michigan, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

The Amtrak station is located along the main line east of the former Benton Harbor Branch crossing and west of the former junctions with the South Bend and Air Line Branches. Amtrak uses the old Michigan Central Railroad station; the current structure was built in 1892 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] Niles Station serves the Wolverine which leads to other stations in Michigan and Indiana before terminating in Chicago, and the Blue Water line which leads directly to Chicago. East of Niles, the Wolverine and Blue Water share stations until after Battle Creek Station. Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment are allowed on board as carry-ons.

[edit] Movie scenes and Christmas lights

Niles Depot has been used in on-locations scenes of at least three movies. Continental Divide, starring John Belushi and Blair Brown, Midnight Run, starring Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin, and Only the Lonely starring John Candy and Ally Sheedy. It was the latter of these three, which spawned a tradition of adding Christmas lights and decorations around the station annually.^[2]