Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)
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Union Station opened in 1929 in South Bend, Indiana
in the United States
. Situated across the tracks from the Studebaker
auto plant, the building served the New York Central Railroad
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad
. NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used this station. The last trains departed in 1971 when newly created Amtrak
moved its operations to another station, the South Bend Amtrak Station
on the city's western outskirts about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Union Station. It now transports information rather than people and is currently in private use by Global Access Point
, which renovated the facility to become a state of the art data center, housing computing equipment from outside companies.
South Bend, Indiana
The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Situated across the tracks from the Studebaker
Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the...
auto plant, the building served the New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad is an important subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway , constituting the majority of CN's Chicago Division ....
. NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used this station. The last trains departed in 1971 when newly created Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
moved its operations to another station, the South Bend Amtrak Station
South Bend (Amtrak station)
South Bend is a train station in South Bend, Indiana. It is served by Amtrak Lake Shore Limited service to and from Chicago, Boston and New York, and Capitol Limited service to and from Chicago and Washington D.C.....
on the city's western outskirts about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Union Station. It now transports information rather than people and is currently in private use by Global Access Point
Global Access Point
Global Access Point as an entity began in 2003 as a vision of the future. Because Union Station is located at the junction of three railsystems, telecom carriers began running lines through the facility in the late 1980s...
, which renovated the facility to become a state of the art data center, housing computing equipment from outside companies.