Endion station  Endion station is a former train station in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1899 to serve the Endion neighborhood but was relocated to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for expansion of Interstate 35. Passenger service through the station had ceased in 1961 and freight service in 1978. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 under the name Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Depot (Endion) for its local significance in the themes of architecture and transportation. It was nominated for its status as one of Duluth's few surviving small passenger depots and as a seminal work of local architect I. Vernon Hill. The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (later the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway) began transporting passengers between Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota, in 1886. The railroad was an essential link between small communities on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The line's first stop outside of downtown Duluth was at Endion. Endion was originally an independent town north of Duluth, but by the end of the nineteenth century it had been absorbed by the growing city. In 1899 the railroad commissioned the architectural firm of Tenbusch & Hill to design a small passenger depot for the Endion station. The building was completed in 1899 at a cost of $10,000 (). It originally sat only from the shore of Lake Superior, at 1504 South Street. The depot's design called for a foundation and trim of Kettle River sandstone, red brick body, and slate roof. The depot's design is a variation on the Richardsonian Romanesque style popular in the 1880s and 1890s, marked by rounded arches, deeply recessed windows, and heavy stonework, However its small scale is less imposing than larger Richardsonian Romanesque buildings. In its heyday, the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range depot at Endion was a busy station. Six trains arrived and departed each day. Some took suburban residents to and from downtown Duluth for work. Others transported passengers and freight up the North Shore. The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range railroad service, including the vital Endion station depot, was critical in the growth of Duluth's East End. In the second half of the twentieth century, however, passenger rail service declined significantly. The last passenger train left Endion station on July 15, 1961. The railroad continued to use the depot for freight service until 1978. The Endion station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.