Muncie Union Station was a passenger railroad station in

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at 630 South High Street. As a

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, in earlier decades it served the

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(the 'Big Four') and the

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(the 'Nickel Plate Road'). Made of limestone, it was built in 1883 in the

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, for the CCC & St. L. Other stations in Muncie served the

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, the Muncie Street Railway and the

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In later years the

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, 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

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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

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Noteworthy passenger services

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