New York Central Station
Opened in 1899
Location: 7th St. and Tippecanoe St.
Railroad: New York Central
Demolished.
Union Station
Opened in 1893
Location: 9th St. and Spruce St.
Railroads: Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania Railroad
Demolished 1960.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 431 St. Louis Special St. Louis 2:00 am 434 Local Galion 2:25 am 446 Cleveland Special Cleveland 2:55 am 2:00 am 427 Gateway St. Louis 4:05 am 3:07 am 402 Indianapolis Express Indianapolis 7:45 446 4:35 am 41 Knickerbocker St. Louis 8:53 am 7:48 am 23 Missourian St. Louis 11:52 am 12 Southwestern Limited New York 12:45 pm 12:24 pm 11 Southwestern Limited St. Louis 1:15 pm 12:02 pm 24 Knickerbocker New York 4:07 pm 3:46 pm 407 St. Louis Special St. Louis 7:03 pm 6:48 pm 38 Missourian New York 9:25 40 9:06 pmFormer New York Central passenger service discontinued in 1968. Former Pennsylvania Railroad passenger service moved to this station in 1969, with Penn Central merger consolidation.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 94 Dixie Flyer Chicago 12:56 am 1:35 am 96 Dixie Mail Chicago 3:10 80 4:56 am 95 Dixie Flyer Jacksonville 3:12 am 1:40 am 9 Evansville 5:03 am 92 Dixie Limited Chicago 9:48 am 4:03 pm 99 Dixie Flagler Miami 11:25 11 12:18 pm 1 Evansville 2:25 pm 1:55 pm 8 Chicago 2:51 54 5:52 am 93 Dixie Limited Atlanta 5:43 81 7:13 pm 98 Dixie Flagler Chicago 5:55 12 3:17 pm 10 Chicago 9:03 pm 97 Dixie Mail Nashville 11:50 93 7:46 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1968.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 13 St. Louis 1:05 am 6 Allegheny Pittsburgh 4:37 am 2:10 am 33 St. Louisan St. Louis 5:33 am 3:55 pm 909 (mixed train) Decatur 5:50 am 27 St. Louis 9:20 am 31 Spirit Of St. Louis St. Louis 10:11 am 10:12 am 11:50 am 65 Jeffersonian St. Louis 10:27 am 67 American St. Louis 1:33 3 12:13 pm 66 American New York 12:15 4 12:40 pm 2:05 pm 30 Spirit Of St. Louis New York 2:54 pm 3:20 pm 64 Jeffersonian New York 3:07 pm 11 St. Louis 7:07 pm 7:10 13 8:20 pm 26 Pittsburgh 8:02 32 8:40 pm 8:25 pm 102 Pennsylvania Limited Pittsburgh 9:04 pmPassenger service moved to former New York Central station in 1969, with Penn Central merger consolidation. Passenger service initially retained by Amtrak in 1971, basically trains 4 and 31 the Spirit Of St. Louis at the time.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 4 (Motor Train) Bedford 4:05 amArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 1 (Motor Train) Bedford 6:35 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1950.
The Milwaukee Road had an additional station on Hulman Street, south of downtown Terre Haute. That railroad moved out of Union Station in the late 1930's, making Hulman Street its only station in Terre Haute.
After the Penn Central merger of 1968, traffic between Indianapolis and St. Louis initially was concentrated on the former Pennsylvania Railroad line. In 1969, Penn Central adopted use of the former New York Central line between Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and the former Pennsylvania Railroad line between Terre Haute and St. Louis. A connection was constructed on the west side of Terre Haute, between US Hwy. 41 and the Wabash River. Passenger trains, operated by Amtrak until 1979, stopped at the New York Central station.