Shreveport Union Station

Shreveport Union Station
General information
LocationShreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates32°30′32″N 93°44′54″W / 32.5088°N 93.7482°W / 32.5088; -93.7482
History
Opened1897
ClosedNovember 3, 1969
Services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Terminus Vicksburg Route Division Bossier City
toward Meridian
Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station
Blanchard
toward Kansas City
 Main Line Forbing
toward Port Arthur
Terminus Shreveport – Minden Silver Lake Junction
toward Minden
Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Reisor
toward El Paso
 Texas and Pacific Railway Main Line Keithville
toward New Orleans
Preceding station St. Louis Southwestern Railway Following station
Terminus Shreveport – Lewisville Brownlee
toward Lewisville

Shreveport Union Station was a passenger station on Louisiana Avenue, at Lake Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. Built in 1897 by the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company, it was the oldest of Shreveport's four passenger railroad stations. With a tall tower, the station became a landmark in downtown Shreveport. It had its highest levels of service in the 1920s, typically hosting 35 passenger trains a day.[1]

As a union station, it was served by trains of the Kansas City Southern Railway, Illinois Central, St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt), and Southern Pacific.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cox 2011, p. 343
  2. ^ "Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. 74 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1941.
  3. ^ Cox 2011, pp. 342–43