Birmingham Terminal Station

Birmingham Terminal Station
Hand colored postcard from a photograph of the Birmingham Terminal Station taken in 1909
Construction
ArchitectP. Thornton Marye
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
History
Opened1909
Closed1969
Key dates
1969demolished
Former services
Preceding station Central of Georgia Railway Following station
Terminus BirminghamFort Valley Irondale
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Jasper
toward Corinth
Corinth – Birmingham Terminus
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Terminus BirminghamMonroe Irondale
toward Monroe
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Terminus Main Line Henry-Ellen
West End New OrleansCincinnati Irondale
toward Cincinnati
North Birmingham Columbus, MSBirmingham Terminus
Parrish
toward Florence
FlorenceBirmingham
West End
toward Mobile
MobileBirmingham
Preceding station St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Following station
Pratt City Kansas CityBirmingham Terminus

The Birmingham Terminal Station (or simply Birmingham Terminal), completed in 1909, was the principal railway station for Birmingham, Alabama (United States) until the 1950s. It was demolished in 1969, and its loss still serves as a rallying image for local preservationists.