Amtrak opens Milwaukee Airport station

Railway Age, Feb, 2005

Amtrak's Hiawatha service now serves Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, thanks to the new $6.8 million, 1,600-square-foot, Prairie-style Milwaukee Airport Station, which opened last month. The station has a 300-car parking lot and free shuttle service to airport terminals at General Mitchell international Airport.

Engineered by Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas and designed by Zimmerman Design Group, the station was built with $6.5 million in federal funds and $300,000 in local funds. Canadian Pacific Railway performed the track improvements.

Among other uses, it will permit the Milwaukee airport to serve as a "third" airport for the Chicago area, a $20 train ride away. Amtrak Vice President Barbara J. Richardson commented, "Our successful experience in the East with the Baltimore-Washington International Airport station demonstrates the great potential for the Milwaukee airport station."