Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Milwaukee, WI, USA

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Milwaukee Intermodal Station is a train and bus station in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin served by Amtrak and several intercity motorcoach operators, including Coach USA, Greyhound Lines, Jefferson Lines, Indian Trails, and Lamers. Megabus stops on Fifth Street near the station. Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) bus route #57 serves the station directly, and several other local bus routes operate on nearby streets. The city's other Amtrak station, Milwaukee Airport Rail Station is near the western edge of General Mitchell International Airport on the south side of the city. Milwaukee Intermodal Station was dedicated on August 3, 1965 by the Milwaukee Road to replace their previous Everett Street Depot. The Chicago and North Western Railroad closed their Milwaukee lakefront depot and moved their passenger operations to the new Milwaukee Road depot in 1966. The depot was built on West St. Paul Avenue in a modernistic style that proved unpopular quickly after it was erected. A $16.9 million dollar renovation of the main building to expand the waiting area into a glass atrium as well as Amtrak ticketing, restaurant, and retail space was completed in November 2007. It is hoped that the renovation will spur redevelopment in the area. As of March 2007, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation was studying possible renovations of the train shed and platform.