Nappanee, IN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 252 South Main Street Nappanee, Indiana 46550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°26′28″N86°00′08″W / 41.4410°N 86.0022°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CSX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1874 (B&O) November 10, 1990 (Amtrak) November 10, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | c. 1969 (B&O) September 10, 1995 March 7, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nappanee station is a former railway station in Nappanee, Indiana.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad constructed the rail line through what would become Nappanee in 1874. [1] : 18 The stop was originally a simple wood-framed structure, [2] referred to as Locke-Eby after the nearby town of Locke. [1] : 13 The current station building was constructed in 1910 in the Prairie School architecture style. [2] [1] : 51 Passenger trains ceased serving the town around 1969 with the discontinuance of the Washington–Chicago Express .
Nappanee became a stop on the Broadway Limited when Amtrak rerouted the train over the former Baltimore and Ohio Main Line in 1990. [3] The town was selected as a stop due to the adjacent parking lot which was owned by the city. [4] : 24 This route was discontinued in 1995. Nappanee again became an Amtrak stop when the Three Rivers 's western terminus was extended from Pittsburgh to Chicago on November 10, 1996. [4] : 30–31 Service finally ended on March 7, 2005. It has since become home for a local food pantry, named Nappanee Open Door.
The depot underwent restoration in the early 2000s. [1] : 51
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