Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)

Coordinates: 41°40′9.59″N 86°15′17.10″W / 41.6693306°N 86.2547500°W / 41.6693306; -86.2547500
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South Bend
Exterior of Union Station
General information
Location326 West South Street
South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates41°40′9.59″N 86°15′17.10″W / 41.6693306°N 86.2547500°W / 41.6693306; -86.2547500
Platforms3
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeArt Deco architecture
History
Opened1929
Closed1971
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Lydick
toward Chicago
Main Line Mishawaka
toward New York
North Liberty
toward Zearing
Kankakee Belt Route Terminus
Lydick
toward St. Joseph
St. JosephSouth Bend
Niles Benton HarborSouth Bend
Preceding station Grand Trunk Western Railroad Following station
Olivers
toward Chicago
Main Line Studebaker
toward Port Huron

Union Station Technology Center is a former union train station in South Bend, Indiana in the United States.

History

A New York Central train approaches South Bend Union Station

Opened in 1929 and situated across the tracks from the

Fellheimer & Wagner.[1]
NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used this station.

When the New York Central merged with the

the South Shore Line station on the city's western outskirts about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Union Station constructed by the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
a year earlier in 1970.

The building was purchased by South Bend native and University of Notre Dame graduate Kevin M. Smith in 1979.[2]

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

fiber-optic trunkline. The Union Staten Technology Center functions as a colocation centre.[3]

In November 2019, the South Bend Tribune, 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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