Marion station (Indiana)

Marion, IN
General information
Location601 West 10th Street[1]
Marion, Indiana
Coordinates40°33′06″N 85°39′59″W / 40.5517°N 85.6664°W / 40.5517; -85.6664
Line(s)Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
History
Opened1975
ClosedApril 27, 1986
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Peru
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Muncie
toward New York
Mountaineer Muncie
toward Norfolk
James Whitcomb Riley Muncie
toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
Phoenix
toward Hammond
 Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad Deer Creek
toward Cincinnati
Location
Map

Marion station was a train station in Marion, Indiana.

History

The station was added as a stop on Amtrak's Mountaineer and James Whitcomb Riley in 1975.[1][2] Passenger service to Marion ended in 1986 when the Cardinal (renamed from the James Whitcomb Riley in 1977) was rerouted onto the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Ohio and Indiana, and the former Monon Railroad (alongside the Hoosier State train) north-west of Indianapolis.[3][4]

The station building was subsequently torn down and the tracks were removed to allow for construction of a rail trail.

References

  1. ^ a b "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. November 30, 1975. pp. 9, 39 – via Museum of Railway Timetables.
  2. ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
  3. ^ Francisco, Brian (April 28, 1986). "Amtrak, Muncie Bid a Mutual Farewell". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Brown, Dennis (October 1995). "When Rural Communities Lose Passenger Rail Service". Rural Development Perspectives. 12 (2). United States Department of Agriculture: 17.


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