Union Station Technology Center is a former union train station in

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in the

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19670917 09 South Bend Union Station (13832429165)

Opened in 1929 and situated across the tracks from the

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auto plant, the building served the

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and

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. It was designed by the architectural firm Fellheimer & Wagner. NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used this station. When the New York Central merged with the

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in 1968 to make the

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, it used the station as well. The last trains departed in 1971 when newly created

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moved its operations to the South Shore Line station on the city's western outskirts about west of Union Station constructed by the

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a year earlier in 1970. The building was purchased by South Bend native and University of Notre Dame graduate Kevin M. Smith in 1979. Union Station Technology Center today is in use by Global Access Point, which renovated the facility to become a data center, housing computing equipment from outside companies. The Technology Center is a state-of-the-art hub for digital information, providing a location for small businesses, data centers, data transport and carrier operations. The railway corridor adjacent to the station carries not only trains, but also a

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trunkline. The Union Staten Technology Center functions as a

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. In November 2019, the

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, the city's 147-year-old daily newspaper, moved its offices into Union Station Technology Center. The Tribune previously had been located at 225 West Colfax Avenue in South Bend.

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South Bend Union Station (Great Railroad Stations -- TrainWeb)
* ttp://globalaccesspoint.com/union-station-technology-center Union Station Technology Center(Global Access Point website) Former railway stations in Indiana

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