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| name= Marion, IN<br />
| style = Amtrak |style2=Amtrak old<br />
| address = 601 West 10th Street<ref name=1975TT>{{cite web |title=All-America Schedules |url=http://www.timetables.org/browse/?group=19751130&st=0001 |via=Museum of Railway Timetables |publisher=Amtrak |pages=9, 39 |date=November 30, 1975}}</ref><br />[[Marion, Indiana]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|40.5517|-85.6664|display=inline,header}}<br />
| line = [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]]<br />
| opened = 1975<br />
| closed = April 27, 1986 <br />
| other_services_header = Former services<br />
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations<br />
|system1=Amtrak<br />
|line1=Cardinal|left1=Peru|right1=Muncie<br />
|line2=Mountaineer|left2=Peru|right2=Muncie<br />
|line3=James Whitcomb Riley|left3=Peru|right3=Muncie<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Marion station''' was a [[train station]] in [[Marion, Indiana]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The station was added as a stop on [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Mountaineer (train)|Mountaineer]]'' and ''[[James Whitcomb Riley (train)|James Whitcomb Riley]]'' in 1975.<ref name=1975TT /><ref name="sanders">{{Sanders-Heartland|page=53}}</ref> Passenger service to Marion ended in 1986 when the ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'' (renamed from the ''James Whitcomb Riley'' in 1977) was rerouted onto the former [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] in [[Ohio]] and [[Indiana]], and the former [[Monon Railroad]] (alongside the [[Hoosier State (train)|Hoosier State]] train) north-west of [[Indianapolis]].<ref name="cardinalreroute86">{{cite news |last1=Francisco |first1=Brian |title=Amtrak, Muncie Bid a Mutual Farewell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25569381/amtrak_muncie_april_28_1986/ |accessdate=November 22, 2018 |work=The Star Press |date=April 28, 1986 |location=Muncie, Indiana |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |volume=12 |number=2 |title=When Rural Communities Lose Passenger Rail Service |last=Brown |first=Dennis |journal=Rural Development Perspectives |date=October 1995 |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_wcUe7xkzoC}}</ref><br />
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The [[station building]] was subsequently torn down and the tracks were removed to allow for construction of a [[rail trail]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/marion.htm Marion Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide — Train Web)]<br />
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{{Amtrak Indiana stations}}<br />
[[Category:Marion, Indiana]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1975]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1986]]<br />
[[Category:Former Amtrak stations in Indiana]]<br />
[[Category:Demolished railway stations in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Grant County, Indiana]]<br />
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