Royal Oak station (Michigan)

The Royal Oak Transit Center is an intermodal transit station in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It is served by Amtrak's Wolverine, which makes three round trips daily from nearby Pontiac to Chicago, Illinois. It also serves as a major hub for the region's SMART public transit network, serving four crosstown routes, and housing the system's only staffed ticket office in the suburbs.^[2] The station's Amtrak platform is unstaffed, though there is an Amtrak ticketing kiosk within SMART's facility.

Royal Oak, MI
Royal Oak train platform
General information
Location	201 South Sherman Drive Royal Oak, Michigan United States
Coordinates	42°29′21″N 83°08′51″W
Owned by	City of Royal Oak, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	SMART 430, 460, 730, 740
Construction
Parking	Short-term only
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: ROY
Passengers
FY 2023	22,794[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Detroit toward Chicago Wolverine Troy toward Pontiac
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Detroit toward Chicago Wolverine Birmingham Closed 2014 toward Pontiac Preceding station SEMTA Following station Pleasant Ridge toward Detroit Silver Streak Oakwood Boulevard toward Pontiac Preceding station Grand Trunk Western Railroad Following station Ferndale toward Detroit Detroit and Milwaukee Division Birmingham toward Grand Haven Pleasant Ridge toward Detroit Suburban Service (Detroit) Oakwood Boulevard toward Pontiac
Location

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
2. "Buy Passes". Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

External links

• Royal Oak, MI – Amtrak
• Royal Oak, MI – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Royal Oak Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)