Muncie Union Station

Muncie Union Station was a passenger railroad station in Muncie, Indiana at 630 South High Street. As a union station, in earlier decades it served the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (the 'Big Four') and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the 'Nickel Plate Road'). Made of limestone, it was built in 1883 in the Romanesque Revival style, for the CCC & St. L. Other stations in Muncie served the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, the Muncie Street Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad.[1][2][3][4]

Muncie Union Station, view of the station, ca. 1910

In later years the New York Central, the parent company for the CCC & St. L., continued passenger trains in its own name. In 1959, the last Nickel Plate passenger trains left the station. The final passenger trains, discontinued in the liquidation of routes for the switchover to Amtrak in 1971, were unnamed Indianapolis - Cleveland Penn Central east- and westbound remnants of the Southwestern Limited.[5] The station was demolished by 1990.[6]

Noteworthy passenger services

The station hosted several named long-distance passenger trains.

  • New York Central:[7][8]
    • Detroit Night Express—St. Louis eastbound to Detroit
    • Indianapolis Express—Detroit westbound to St. Louis
    • Knickerbocker—St. Louis - New York City via Cleveland, east- and westbound
    • Southwestern Limited—St. Louis - New York City via Cleveland, east- and westbound
  • Nickel Plate:[9]
    • Blue Dart—St. Louis eastbound to Cleveland
    • Blue Arrow—Cleveland westbound to St. Louis

See also
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Indianapolis
toward St. Louis
 Big Four Route
Main Line
 Union City
toward Cleveland
Yorktown
toward St. Louis
 Selma
toward Cleveland
Preceding station Nickel Plate Road Following station
Gilman
toward Peoria
 Peoria – Fostoria De Soto
toward Fostoria

References
  1. Longest, David E. Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana, Arcadia Publishing, 1989, p. 29, 30. ISBN 9780738541310.
  2. Johnston, Michael L. (2009). Railroads in Muncie, Indiana (PDF). Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. "Index of Railroad Stations, 1368". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 54 (1). June 1921.
  4. Library of Congress, print drawings
  5. Edmonson, Harold A. (1972). "Passenger Trains Operating on the Eve of Amtrak". Journey to Amtrak (PDF). Kalmbach Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2018.
  6. "Public Art and Sculpture". Muncie Visitors Bureau | Visit Muncie!. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  7. New York Central timetable, June 17, 1951, Tables, B, 3, 4, 15, 17
  8. "New York Central, Tables 2, 14, 15". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 84 (7). December 1951.
  9. "New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 90 (10). March 1958.

40°11′16.5″N 85°23′16″W

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