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St. Paul Union Depot: What a restored Downtown rail station could be

Its restoration offers a compelling example of how a historic downtown train station can find new life as a multimodal transportation hub and destination.

St. Paul Union Depot: What a restored Downtown rail station could be

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Its restoration offers a compelling example of how a historic downtown train station can find new life as a multimodal transportation hub and destination.

Once one of the busiest passenger rail stations in the Midwest, St.

Paul Union Depot sat without passenger trains for more than four decades.

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Its restoration offers a compelling example of how a historic downtown train station can find new life as a multimodal transportation hub and destination. Once one of the busiest passenger rail stations in the Midwest, St. Paul Union Depot sat without passenger trains for more than four decades.

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Once one of the busiest passenger rail stations in the Midwest, St. Paul Union Depot sat without passenger trains for more than four decades.

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