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Union Station (Columbus, Georgia)

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in 1980. However, the building was vulnerable to demolition. Yet, various activists, and the Historic Columbus Foundation, Southern Railway System, and the Consolidated Government of Columbus mobilized to save the station.
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By 1932 Seaboard Air Line passenger trains stopped calling at the station, as the road's operations through Columbus became freight-only. The SAL previously had run passenger trains to
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The Southern operated a local train from Columbus to Atlanta via Warm Springs, Griffin and McDonough. Passenger service on this route was discontinued between 1946 and 1949.
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Passenger services ended and the station closed, with the passing of passenger operations to
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Additionally, the Central of Georgia operated local morning and afternoon trains from
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The last trains operating out of Columbus in early 1971 were the
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971
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union station
Columbus, Georgia
Second Empire style
Bruce and Morgan
Central Railroad of Georgia
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Southern Railway
Richland
Albany
City of Miami
Chicago
Miami
Atlanta
Seminole
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Macon
Savannah
Central of Georgia Depot
Amtrak
National Register of Historic Places
chamber of commerce



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