Union Station was the main passenger railroad station of

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until it went out of service in 1958. A Beaux-Arts building, designed by Reed & Stem and completed ca. 1903. It served the

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(NYC), the

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(B&M) and the

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(D&H). This was the fourth union station in Troy. The tracks approaching the station were but feet away from homes. Troy NY Union Depot pre1911img024

The New York Central use, by mid-20th Century, was mainly for conveying trains from the territory to other routes, carried by other companies. Thus, the D&H's '' Laurentian'' and ''Montreal Limited'' moved from NYC tracks to D&H tracks when leaving north from the station, toward their

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destination. Until 1953, the

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ran the ''

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'' and the ''Mount Royal'' from New York City, then moved at Troy onto B&M tracks, for eventual completion of their trip on Rutland Railroad track (also bound for Montreal). The Boston & Maine ran the ''Minute Man'' from Troy Union Station to

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. This train passed through the famed

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near North Adams and specialized in serving northwestern and north-central Massachusetts. The cutting of the ''Minute Man'' back to

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in January 1958 precipitated the closure of the station that year. The station was demolished later that year.Penny Vanderbilt, 'Troy Union Railroad,' 2013 https://penneyvanderbilt.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/troy-union-railroad/

External links

Photograph of station, ca. 1905, Library of Congress collectionVintage illustrations of the station, with map of the station's location in Troy; at Nashua City Station site
* ttp://nebwrailroad.com/index.php/NEB%26W_Guide_to_Troy,_NY_-_Fourth_Union_Depot,_1900-1958 Site with photographs of station and trains adjacent to stationbr>Article from ''Railway Age'' (1901) with floor plan

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Railway stations closed in 1958

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