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Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo)

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
Toledo Amtrak.jpg
Lake Shore Limited in Toledo, 2006
Location 415 Emerald Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43602
Coordinates 41°38′16″N 83°32′30″W / 41.63778°N 83.54167°W / 41.63778; -83.54167Coordinates: 41°38′16″N 83°32′30″W / 41.63778°N 83.54167°W / 41.63778; -83.54167
Owned by Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 3 island platforms (formerly 6 island platforms)
Tracks 5 (formerly 12)
Connections Bus transport Greyhound Lines
Bus transport Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Bus transport Barons Bus Lines
Construction
Parking Yes; free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code TOL
History
Opened 1950
Rebuilt 1996, 2016
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 68,463 Decrease 1.2%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Capitol Limited
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited
  Former services  
Baltimore and Ohio
toward Cincinnati
Cincinnati – Toledo Terminus
New York Central Railroad
toward Chicago
Water Level Route
Terminus Norwalk Branch
toward Cleveland
Detroit Branch
toward Detroit
Toledo – Charleston
Toledo – Thurston
toward Thurston
toward Elkhart
Old Road Terminus
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian
1998-2003
toward Chicago
Lake Cities
Before 1995
Terminus
toward Chicago
Lake Shore
1971-1972

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo, Ohio, named for Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1996, the Port Authority completed an $8.5 million renovation of the historic Central Union Terminal facility and it now serves as a modern, intermodal train and bus terminal and office complex.

Toledo is served by four Amtrak trains daily, with service to Chicago and several destinations to the east including Cleveland, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New York City.

It is constructed in a Streamline Moderne style.

The original Central Union Terminal opened during the week of September 17, 1950, at a cost of $5 million. It was the last of the New York Central Railroad's great stations. The new terminal was the crown jewel of a large post-war investment by the New York Central into Toledo, which involved constructing nine new buildings, as well as moving and expanding (in conjunction with the B&O) an $18,500,000 coal loading facility from East Toledo to Maumee Bay. C.U.T. was used by four major railroads during the 1950s and 1960s: the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and the Wabash Railroad. The first floor housed baggage services, while the second floor housed a YMCA for train crews. The passenger terminal and concourse were on the third floor, while the NYC Toledo division and dispatching offices were on the fourth.

In the Amtrak era, Toledo was served by as many as six daily trains in the late 1990s. Prior to the discontinuation of mail services in 2005, Amtrak stored a number of material handling cars (MHCs) at Union Station on several of the disused platform tracks. A small number of private cars are often stored on the platform tracks closest to the station.


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