Milwaukee Intermodal Station
Glass station building and 6th Street Bridge at sunset
General information
Location	433 West Saint Paul Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Coordinates	43°02′03″N87°55′02″W / 43.03417°N 87.91722°W /43.03417; -87.91722
Owned by	Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Operated by	Amtrak
Line	CPKCWatertown/C&M Subdivisions
Platforms	2island and 1side platform
Tracks	5
Bus stands	9
Bus operators	Amtrak Thruway Badger Bus Greyhound Lines Indian Trails Jefferson Lines Lamers Bus Lines Megabus Tornado Bus Company Wisconsin Coach Lines
Connections	Milwaukee Streetcar Milwaukee County Transit System: BlueLine, 12, 31, 34, 57
Construction
Parking	425 long term spaces
Bicycle facilities	Bublr Bikes bike-share Outdoor bicycle parking
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak:MKE
History
Opened	1965
Rebuilt	2007
Previous names	Milwaukee Union Station (1965–2007)
Passengers
FY 2025	555,161[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Columbus towardSt. Paul Borealis Milwaukee Airport towardChicago Terminus Hiawatha Columbus towardSeattle orPortland Empire Builder Glenview towardChicago Preceding station The Hop Following station Terminus M-Line St. Paul at Plankinton towardBurns Commons
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Columbus towardDuluth North Star Sturtevant towardChicago Columbus towardSeattle North Coast Hiawatha Glenview towardChicago Columbus towardSaint Paul–Midway Twin Cities Hiawatha Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Oconomowoc towardMinneapolis Morning Hiawatha Glenview towardChicago Fast Mail Terminus Chicago –Milwaukee Wauwatosa towardWatertown Suburban Service Watertown –Milwaukee Terminus Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Green Bay towardAshland orIronwood Flambeau 400 Racine towardChicago West Bend towardIshpeming Peninsula 400 Terminus Milwaukee Division
Track layout Legend Borealis toSt. Paul Empire Builder toSeattle orPortland I-94 EB freeway ramp I-43 SB I-43 SB/I-94 WB freeway ramp 6th St. Hiawatha ends Empire Builder,Borealis andHiawatha toChicago Plankinton Ave.
Location

Milwaukee Intermodal Station is an intercity bus and train station in downtownMilwaukee, Wisconsin.Amtrak service at Milwaukee includes the dailyEmpire Builder, the dailyBorealis, and the six dailyHiawatha round trips. It is Amtrak's18th-busiest station nationwide, and the second-busiest in the Midwest, behind onlyChicago Union Station.^[2] The station is served by bus companiesCoach USA - Wisconsin Coach Lines (regional and intercity services),Greyhound Lines,Jefferson Lines,Indian Trails, Lamers,Badger Bus, Tornado Bus Company, andMegabus. It is also the western terminus of the M-Line service ofThe Hop streetcar.

TheWisconsin Department of Transportation owns the station and platforms. The DOT'sStatewide Traffic Operations Center is on the 3rd floor of the station. The station has 2island platforms and 1side platform, which serve the two main tracks of the Canadian Pacific Kansas CityC&M Subdivision plus three platform sidings.

The station opened on August 3, 1965, asMilwaukee Union Station. Operated by theMilwaukee Road, it replaced the previousEverett Street Depot. The depot was built on West St. Paul Avenue in a modernistic style that proved unpopular quickly after it was erected.^[3] TheChicago and North Western Railway closed its Milwaukee station (Lake Front Depot) and moved its passenger operations to the new Milwaukee Road depot in 1966. Following the formation of Amtrak in 1971, the Chicago and North Western withdrew all of its inter-city trains andcommuter service from the station. TheCanadian Pacific Railway (through itsSoo Line Railroad subsidiary) acquired the trackage within the train shed when it bought the remnants of the Milwaukee Road in 1986. CP merged with theKansas City Southern Railway on April 14, 2023 to formCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limited.

In November 2007, the facility was renamed the Milwaukee Intermodal Station following a $16.9 million renovation. The new facility included a larger waiting area with a glass atrium and improved space for Amtrak ticketing, as well as facilities for intercity buses (to accommodate Greyhound service after it relocated from its former location at 7th and Michigan), a restaurant, and retail space.^[4] In 2016, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation completed a rebuild of the train shed and platform to meet federalaccessible standards.^[5]

The Hop streetcar service began on November 2, 2018, with a stop on Vel R. Phillips Avenue just northeast of the station.

Media related toMilwaukee Intermodal Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Milwaukee, WI – Amtrak
• Milwaukee, WI – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1965
• Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in Wisconsin
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• Former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad stations

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