Union Station

Union Station (サンタクロースえき, Santa Claus Station in Mother) is a train station in EarthBound Beginnings that connects the towns of Merrysville, Reindeer, Spookane, and Snowman. It also once connected to Youngtown via the track going to the east, however the bridge on the way there was destroyed. Thus, the player must go north of the Union Station and venture through the Yucca Desert to reach Youngtown. 
Ninten and Lloyd need to head to Duncan's Factory to fire off a rocket in order to destroy boulders resting on the track going southward, which allows trains to once more travel south. Riding the train allows for traversing the train tunnels without running into its deadly enemy encounters: Energy Robots, Nancies, Omega Saucers, Scorpions, Bionic Scorps and Ultra Barbots. 
The station in Reindeer has an old lady who found a hat on the train embroidered with the name "Ana," which Ninten can then give to Ana in Snowman to have her join his party. 
The song that plays while riding a train is titled "The Paradise Line", which is sung vocally in the Mother soundtrack.
== Station ==
* Reindeer ($16)
* Spookane ($25)
* Snowman ($36)
== Trivia ==
* Hacking the game to get to Union Station without firing the rocket from Duncan’s Factory will not let you take the train. The following dialogue will take place if you talk to the ticket seller: “There was a rock-slide near Union Station. The train can’t get through until it has been removed.”
** This message can also be seen for the players who skipped Duncan’s Factory as a countermeasure to those who manage to get through the train tunnel and attempt to buy a ticket in any of the southern locations that have a station. This also means that you cannot take a train to any other location that isn’t the Union Station even when it is open until the rock-slide is destroyed because the train is stuck in Union Station.
* It is unknown what caused the bridge with the track connecting Youngtown to the Union Station to break. It may be possible however that the rock-slide inadvertently also broke the bridge in the process of depositioning.
* If instead of heading to the right to enter Yucca Desert the player goes up, they can arrive at the back of Duncan’s Factory. The XX cave the player first took from the City Zoo can also be seen here from above.
* Every Union Station is slightly different than the ones in other locations. Every station shares the same interior of 2 windows on the left and 4 windows on the right, although the NPCs in each are different.
** Merrysville: Pink door, 1 long window above it, and 2 yellow rectangles above that, as well as a stage in the back.
** Reindeer: Pink door on a rectangular prism and 2 large open doors on a stage to the right, as well as 2 long windows above that.
** Spookane: Brown door with a staircase balcony above it that has 1 small window leading up to 2 small windows. There is a stage to the right and behind that is an open door to a building in the back with 3 small windows on its right.
** Snowman: White door on a wooden house. There is a window above it and a window to the right, as well as 2 windows to the very right. It has a teal roof, fitting with the theme of Snowman.
** Youngtown: Blue door on a wooden house. There are 3 rooms sticking out of a main one connecting them, with each having 2 windows on the front and 1 window on the right side, except for the one with the blue door which has 1 window on top and 1 window on the right side. The roof is also blue and 2 other windows can be seen on the right side of the main room.
* Spookane and Snowman are the 2 locations that don’t teleport you next to a Union Station.
* The Japanese name “Santa Claus Station” is a connection to 3 other towns, Merrysville, Reindeer, and Snowman, fitting in with the Christmas theme. There is some form of irony in that the Yucca Desert lies right beside the Santa Claus Station.
* You cannot listen to the entirety of "The Paradise Line" as the longest train sequence from Union Station to Snowman cuts off before the song can end.
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