Atlanta Union Station (1930)
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 Union Station in 1946. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Closed | 1971 (demolished 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Union Station built in 1930 in
Atlanta and West Point). It was the third "union station" or "union depot" (usage varied in the 19th century), succeeding the 1853 station, burned in mid-November 1864 when Federal forces left Atlanta for the March to the Sea, and the 1871 station
.
Overview
The station was located over the tracks between Forsyth and Spring Streets, three blocks west and one block south of the predecessor union stations. The site is the block immediately west of
Five Points MARTA station
.
Opening in 1930, the third Union Station served the
Louisville and Nashville (previously the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
). It replaced earlier stations on the same site.
Major trains and destinations:
- Atlantic Coast Line -in partnership with L&N:
- The Dixie Flagler – Chicago, via Chattanooga, TN, Nashville, TN and Evansville, IN; continuing south to Jacksonville and Miami, FL
- The Dixie Flyer – Chicago, via Chattanooga, TN, Nashville, TN and Evansville, IN; continuing south to Jacksonville and Tampa, FL; shortened in 1965 to an Atlanta to Jacksonville ACL route
- Georgia Railroad:
- Trains to Augusta, GA for connecting trains to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad service (e.g., Palmetto) and to Southern Railway service (Aiken-Augusta Special)
- Louisville and Nashville:
- The Flamingo – Cincinnati, via Knoxville, TN; continuing south to Jacksonville, FL, via Albany
- The Georgian – Chicago, via Nashville and Evansville
- The Southland - Chicago, via Cincinnati, OH, Knoxville, TN; continuing south to Macon, then branching to various points in Florida. This train traveled to Terminal Station before going south to Trilby and Florida.
Additionally, the Georgia Railroad operated local service between Atlanta and Augusta.
After the tenant railroads of Union Station had discontinued all their passenger trains (the last such train operated on April 30, 1971, the day before
Atlanta Journal-Constitution building although construction of Underground Atlanta and MARTA
largely obliterated the site.
References
- Storey, Steve. "Atlanta Depots". RailGa.com.