Atlanta Union Station (1930)

Union Station
Union Station in 1946.
General information
SystemInter-city rail
History
Opened1930
Closed1971 (demolished 1972)
Services
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Terminus AB&C Atlanta – Waycross Ben Hill
toward Waycross
Preceding station Georgia Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Decatur
toward Augusta
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Marietta
toward Cincinnati
 Cincinnati – Atlanta Terminus
Marietta
toward Knoxville
 Knoxville – Atlanta
Marietta
toward Louisville
 Louisville – Atlanta
Preceding station Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Following station
Bolton
toward Memphis
 Main Line Terminus
Location

The Union Station built in 1930 in Atlanta was the smaller of two principal train stations in downtown, Terminal Station being the other (the latter served Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia (including the Nancy Hanks to Savannah), and the Atlanta and West Point). It was the third "union station" or "union depot" (usage varied in the 19th century), succeeding the 1853 station, which the U.S. military destroyed in November 1864 along with other Confederate war infrastructure, and the 1871 station.

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