Marion | ||||||||||||||||
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Milwaukee Road inter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 1104 South Sixth Avenue Marion, Iowa | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°01′58″N 91°35′55″W / 42.032664°N 91.598670°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Marion | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1873 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1971 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1878, 1888 | |||||||||||||||
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Marion station was a railroad station in Marion, Iowa. It served passenger trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road. After passenger train service was discontinued, elements of the station were moved across the street to City Square Park, where it remains as a pavilion today. The structure is listed as a non-contributing property by the National Register of Historic Places in the Marion Commercial Historic District.