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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. Its restoration offers a compelling example of how a historic downtown train station can find new life as a multimodal transportation hub and destination.
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Great article. I hope with the partnership of the City, UF, and Amtrak, something like this can come about. I looked at an aerial of the St. Paul Depot. It looks like they have an elevated walkway from the 'head house' to the Amtrak platform; just like will be required in Jacksonville. It even appears to be a similar distance to what will be required here - four to five hundred feet.