Indianapolis Union Station

Indianapolis Union Station
Union Station, 2022
General information
Location	350 South Illinois Street Indianapolis, Indiana United States
Owned by	City of Indianapolis
Platforms	1 island platform (formerly more)
Tracks	2 (formerly 12)
Connections	Burlington Trailways Greyhound Lines
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: IND
History
Opened	September 20, 1853; 170 years ago (1853-09-20)
Rebuilt	1888, 1984, 2002
Passengers
FY 2023	18,466[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Crawfordsville toward Chicago Cardinal Connersville toward New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Crawfordsville toward Chicago Hoosier State Terminus Kentucky Cardinal Jeffersonville toward Louisville Terre Haute toward Kansas City National Limited Richmond toward New York or Washington, D.C. Logansport toward Chicago Floridian 1971–1975 Louisville toward St. Petersburg or Miami Lafayette toward Chicago James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington 1971–1974 Cincinnati (River Road) toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Speedway toward Springfield Springfield – Hamilton New Palestine toward Hamilton Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Frances toward Effingham Effingham – Indianapolis Terminus Preceding station Monon Railroad Following station Massachusetts Avenue toward Monon Monon – Indianapolis Terminus Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Terre Haute toward St. Louis Big Four Route Main Line Muncie toward Cleveland Avon toward St. Louis Lawrence toward Cleveland Augusta toward Chicago Chicago – Cincinnati Beech Grove toward Cincinnati Brownsburg toward Peoria Peoria & Eastern Railway Terminus Terminus Indianapolis – Springfield Mt. Comfort toward Springfield, OH Preceding station Nickel Plate Road Following station Massachusetts Avenue toward Michigan City Michigan City – Indianapolis Terminus Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Lebanon toward Chicago Chicago – Louisville Southport toward Louisville Bridgeport toward St. Louis St. Louis – Pittsburgh Cumberland toward Pittsburgh Lebanon toward South Bend South Bend – Indianapolis Terminus Maywood toward Vincennes Vincennes – Indianapolis
Indianapolis Union Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	39 Jackson Place, Indianapolis
Coordinates	39°45′47″N 86°9′34″W / 39.76306°N 86.15944°W / 39.76306; -86.15944
Area	1.3 acres (0.5 ha)
Built	1886–1888 (head house); 1915–1922 (train shed)
Architect	Thomas Rodd
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	74000032[2]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1974

The Indianapolis Union Station is an intercity train station in the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently, Amtrak's Cardinal line serves the terminal, passing through Indianapolis three times a week.

Initially, Indianapolis created the world's first union station in 1848. Subsequently, the station building opened on September 20, 1853, at 39 Jackson Place, operated by the Indianapolis Union Railway. Later, a larger Richardsonian Romanesque station designed by Pittsburgh architect Thomas Rodd, was built at the same location starting in November 1886 and opened in September 1888. The head house (main waiting area and office) and clock tower of this second station still stand today.^[3]

Today, Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier, continues to serve Union Station from a waiting area beneath the train shed. The station is served by the Cardinal (Chicago–New York City, via Cincinnati and Washington, DC), and was the eastern terminus of the Hoosier State until its discontinuation on June 30, 2019.