Pontiac Transportation Center

Pontiac Transportation Center
Location	51000 Woodward Avenue Pontiac, Michigan 48342 United States
Coordinates	42°37′57″N 83°17′32″W / 42.63250°N 83.29222°W / 42.63250; -83.29222Coordinates: 42°37′57″N 83°17′32″W / 42.63250°N 83.29222°W / 42.63250; -83.29222
Owned by	MDOT
Line(s)	GTW/CNR
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Bus operators	Greyhound Lines
Connections	SMART
Construction
Parking	22 long term spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PNT
History
Opened	May 1983
Rebuilt	August 8, 2011
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	15,876  1.6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Troy Since 2014 toward Chicago Wolverine Since 1994 Terminus Birmingham, MI 1994-2014 toward Chicago
Location
Pontiac Transportation Center Location within Michigan

The Pontiac Transportation Center is an intermodal terminal station located in Pontiac, Michigan that is served by Amtrak's Michigan Services Wolverine. The transportation center is also served by Greyhound Lines intercity bus service and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) regional bus service.

The current transportation center is located on the southern edge of downtown at 51000 Woodward Avenue. It is about 1,400 square feet (130 m²) and includes an indoor waiting room, restrooms, a payphone, and covered waiting areas for both trains and buses. However, it does not have any ticketing services or baggage assistance (bags cannot be checked for trains at the transportation center). There are 22 long term parking spaces available and the station hours are from 5:15 am to 6:15 am and from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.

In addition to the three daily train departures, there are between two and eight daily Greyhound departures and local bus service SMART (stopping on Woodward Avenue). The station is owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), but the track are owned by the Canadian National Railway.

Of the 22 Michigan stations served by Amtrak, Pontiac was the 16th-busiest in fiscal year 2015, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 43 passengers daily.

Since August 1931 the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTWR, a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway) provided commuter rail service from Pontiac to Detroit. By 1968 the railroad operated six daily commuter trains (three round-trips) between the two cities, with daily ridership averaging 2,812. When Amtrak took over passenger rail service in 1971, the GTWR service was not initially affected since the takeover did not include commuter rail. However, by that time the GTWR began posting losses on the service. On January 2, 1974 the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) took over the GTWR trains and operated them as the Silver Streak. The aging depot turned over by the GTWR was located about 2,500 feet (760 m) to the northwest of the current Pontiac Transportation Center. The GTWR depot was situated east of the tracks on the northwest corner of West Huron Street and Woodward Avenue (known then as Wide Track Drive or Wide Track Circle).