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Brush Street Station

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trains begin using the Brush Street Station in 1928. Until this time, they terminated at the MC Third Street Station, or the Woodward Avenue Station. The final Grand Trunk Western trains to use the station were the GTW's
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and unnamed train following the same route. In earlier years, the Grand Trunk's main service westward from Detroit involved trains due west to Pontiac, Durand, Owosso,
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The second station on the site was a two-story red brick structure opened in 1867 and designed by the architect
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moored along the river, killing 17 passengers on the ferry and one person on a passenger train.
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and downtown Detroit. This simple station consisted of only boarding platforms and a
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The second structure was razed in 1973 to make way for construction of the
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along Atwater Street. Railroad materials often referred to the station as
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service from Detroit to Toronto via Windsor and London.
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Detroit
Michigan
United States
42°19′41.1″N 83°02′20.4″W / 42.328083°N 83.039000°W / 42.328083; -83.039000
SEMTA
Silver Streak
Milwaukee Junction
Pontiac
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Gratiot Avenue
Grand Haven
Gratiot Avenue
Pontiac
Detroit
Port Huron
Gratiot Avenue
Port Huron
Canadian National Railway
London
Detroit
Windsor
London
New York Central Railroad
Gratiot Avenue
Toledo
train station
Detroit
Michigan
Detroit River

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