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Does anyone recall, off the top of their head, what the name of Metropolis's version of Union Station or Grand Central (train) Station is called? The main train station. I think it was mentioned at some point in MoSB or The Source, when Superman needed to stop some runaway train from killing a bunch of people at the station. I could also be wrong that it was mentioned at all. (I'm referring to the trains which leave town, not just subway or elevated trains.)
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I just scanned the two scripts and couldn't find any mention of the main terminal's name. I think you'd be safe to give it any name you'd like. It seems to always just be "the subway."
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Hmmm. Maybe it was ASU when Martha and Jonathan arrived. Let me see...Hmmmm. No set list for that script, of course. Only described as "Metropolis Train Station". That's not helpful. I guess you're right. It was only in my imagination that they named it.
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There *may* have been a name in ASU for the terminal M&J disembarked at. I found a pic, but the name is obscured. You may want to check the actual dvd. ASU pic I have that site bookmarked. The screengrabs can often be of more help than the scripts for details like this. Main site
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I think you may be right. It looks like something "Union Station". I'll have to check the DVDs. Thanks.
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No problem. I thought it looked like Union also, but you can never be too sure.
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Union Station is common for major stations. The union is because that is where two different railroads met. So it gets all the traffic that needs to switch lines.
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The station that was mentioned in "The Source" was Centennial Park Station, and all we saw of it was the platform, which didn't strike me as a central hub; more like a regular stop. I think every major city I've been in has a "Union Station" that is the main rail station, and not a light-rail, like the El, Bart, Metro, or subway would be. Light rail is usually a closed system, not a long-distance passenger and freight network. Hope that helps
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Thanks, dcarson and Kismatt. Union Station it is. I was just hoping for something more unique and original. Ah, well.
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You could go with what "Man of Steel" calls it (I don't remember it off the top of my head but I can go look it up in my copy of the novelization if you would like.)
CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx. JONATHAN: A jinx? CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me. -"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)
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