Atlanta Union Station (1930)

Union Station
Inter-city rail
Union Station in 1946.
History
Opened	1930
Closed	1971 (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

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.