Atlanta Union Station (1930)

Union Station
Inter-city rail
Union Station in 1946.
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
CincinnatiAtlanta Terminus
Marietta
toward Knoxville
KnoxvilleAtlanta
Marietta
toward Louisville
LouisvilleAtlanta
Preceding station Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Following station
Bolton
toward Memphis
Main Line Terminus

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, burned in mid-November 1864 when Federal forces left Atlanta for the March to the Sea, and the 1871 station.