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Location | 532 West Center Street, Marion, Ohio 43302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°35′22″N 83°08′26″W / 40.589370°N 83.140607°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Line (Kent Division) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 5909 (Erie Railroad) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 31,1902 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | January 6, 1970 ( Erie-Lackawanna Railroad) [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marion Union Station is a former passenger railroad station at 532 W. Center Street in Marion, Ohio, United States. As a union station it served several train lines: the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway or CCC & St. L. (acquired in 1906 by the New York Central Railroad), and Erie Railroad (and its successor Erie Lackawanna Railroad). These lines intersected at the station, so it was a significant transfer point between different geographic points.
It was built in 1902 (opening on July 31), [2] it featured marble walls and patterned mosaic tiles on the floor. In 1923, it was the last stop on President Warren Harding's funeral train. It was a canteen stop for soldiers during World War II. It had its last long-distance train in 1971 with the end of the Chesapeake & Ohio's connector line to the George Washington. [4]
Into the 1960s, it was a stop for several long-distance passenger trains on the following railroads: [5] [6] [7] [8]
Presently the station is the site of a museum run by the Marion Union Station Association. [4]
About 60 CSX and Norfolk Southern freight trains pass by each day. [9]
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General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 532 West Center Street, Marion, Ohio 43302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°35′22″N 83°08′26″W / 40.589370°N 83.140607°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Line (Kent Division) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | 5909 (Erie Railroad) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 31,1902 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | January 6, 1970 ( Erie-Lackawanna Railroad) [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marion Union Station is a former passenger railroad station at 532 W. Center Street in Marion, Ohio, United States. As a union station it served several train lines: the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway or CCC & St. L. (acquired in 1906 by the New York Central Railroad), and Erie Railroad (and its successor Erie Lackawanna Railroad). These lines intersected at the station, so it was a significant transfer point between different geographic points.
It was built in 1902 (opening on July 31), [2] it featured marble walls and patterned mosaic tiles on the floor. In 1923, it was the last stop on President Warren Harding's funeral train. It was a canteen stop for soldiers during World War II. It had its last long-distance train in 1971 with the end of the Chesapeake & Ohio's connector line to the George Washington. [4]
Into the 1960s, it was a stop for several long-distance passenger trains on the following railroads: [5] [6] [7] [8]
Presently the station is the site of a museum run by the Marion Union Station Association. [4]
About 60 CSX and Norfolk Southern freight trains pass by each day. [9]