You've raised an interesting question. Union Stations occurred when two or
more railroads joined together with a common station. There were (and still
are) depots that are joint facilities of two or more railroads which aren't
referred to as Union Stations. Quite often (perhaps always) Union Stations
were operated by a jointly-owned subsidiary corporation, whereas joint
agencies didn't have a separate corporate existence.
Norm Metcalf
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From: "John N Shankland" <jns@i...>
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Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] Question Re Chicago Union Station
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> What does the term "Union" Station mean? There was a Union Station in
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