1940s Central Railroad Depot Detroit Michigan

1930s to 1940s vintage postcard. The building began operating as Detroit's main passenger depot in 1913 after the older Michigan Central Station burned on December 26, 1913. It was owned and operated by Michigan Central Railroad and was planned as part of a large project that included the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel below the Detroit River for freight and passengers.

At the beginning of World War I, the peak of rail travel in the United States, more than 200 trains left the station daily, and lines would stretch from the boarding gates to the main entrance. In the 1940s, more than 4,000 passengers used the station daily, and more than 3,000 people worked in its office tower. Among notable passengers arriving at MCS were Presidents Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, actor Charlie Chaplin, inventor Thomas Edison, and artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. 

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