Muncie Union Station


Muncie Union Station was a passenger railroad station in Muncie, Indiana. As a union station, in earlier decades it served the Cleveland, Cincinnati, [Chicago and St. Louis Railway] and the New [York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]. 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 Railway, the Muncie Street Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In later years the New [York Central Railroad|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. The station was demolished by 1990.

Noteworthy passenger services

The station hosted several named long-distance passenger trains.
  • New York Central:
  • *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:
  • *Blue Dart—St. Louis eastbound to Cleveland
  • *Blue Arrow—Cleveland westbound to St. Louis