sentences:  The New York Central Railroad, the successor to Michigan Central, ceased its remaining passenger service (Jackson-Lansing-Saginaw-Bay City) in 1959.The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the successor to the Pere Marquette, continued passenger service to Lansing (on the Grand Rapids-Detroit circuit) only due to the threat of legal action, and when Amtrak took over passenger trains, they ended service to Lansing in 1971.The depot remained vacant for several years.