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Niles, MI
The westbound International at Niles in 1994
General information
Location	598 Dey Street, Niles, Michigan United States
Line(s)	Amtrak Michigan Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: NLS
History
Opened	1892
Rebuilt	2003
Passengers
FY 2023	17,105 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station New Buffalotoward Chicago Blue Water Dowagiactoward Port Huron Wolverine Dowagiactoward Pontiac
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Hammond–Whitingtoward Chicago Lake Cities Kalamazootoward Pontiac Chicago2001-2004Terminus International Dowagiactoward Toronto Hammond–Whiting1982-2001toward Chicago Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Buchanantoward Chicago Michigan Central RailroadMain Line Pokagontoward Buffalo Terminus Michigan Air Line Railroad Cassopolistoward Jackson Berrien Centertoward Benton Harbor Benton Harbor – South Bend South BendTerminus
Michigan Central Railroad Niles Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
Location	Niles, Michigan, USA
Coordinates	41°50′14″N 86°15′08″W / 41.83722°N 86.25222°W / 41.83722; -86.25222
Built	1892
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	09000085
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1979
Designated MSHS	October 15, 1992

Niles station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Niles, Michigan. The station is served by three daily Wolverine round trips and one daily Blue Water round trip. It is located on the Michigan Line (the former Michigan Central Railroad mainline), east of the former Benton Harbor Branch crossing and west of the former junctions with the South Bend and Air Line Branches. The station building was constructed by the Michigan Central in 1892 to a design by architects Spier and Rohns. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Michigan Central Railroad Niles Depot. The station was upgraded in 1988.

Niles station was used as a filming location for Continental Divide, Midnight Run, and Only the Lonely, the latter of which spawned an annual tradition of adding Christmas lights and decorations around the station.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
2. ^ State of Michigan (2009). "Michigan Central Railroad Niles Depot". Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
3. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 348. ISBN 978-0471143895.
4. Michigan Historical Marker: Michigan Central Railroad Niles Depot
5. "Michigan's Railroad History 1825 - 2014" (PDF). Michigan Department of Transportation. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
6. "Niles, Michigan (NLS)". Amtrak. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Niles station at Wikimedia Commons

• Niles, MI – Amtrak
• Niles, MI – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Niles Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide—Train Web)
• Michigan Central Railroad Company / Depot (The Michigan Historical Marker Web Site)
• Niles Station (Great Railroad Stations Index)

• 1892 establishments in Michigan
• Amtrak stations in Michigan
• Michigan State Historic Sites
• Niles, Michigan
• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892
• Michigan Line
• Transportation in Berrien County, Michigan
• National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Michigan
• Former Michigan Central Railroad stations