 The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) bought the 3.1 acre site of the station for $889,000 – which also includes land directly across the tracks – in 1994 from General Motors.The station was built in 1994 as a replacement for the former Michigan Central Station, which closed in 1988.From the closure of that station in 1988 until the new stations opening in 1994, services used a platform on Rose Street close to the old station.