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The Marietta depot is a former freight and passenger stop in Marietta, Georgia. It was originally built in 1864 for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a railroad between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia.[1] That railroad was absorbed by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. In turn, the latter railroad was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1957.
The station was burned down by the Union troops of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in the latter years of the US. Civil War. It was rebuilt in 1898.[2]
Presently occupying the building is the Marietta Welcome Center and Visitors Bureau. The city of Marietta bought the building from the State of Georgia toward the end of 2019.[3]
In 1946 the depot had the following Louisville & Nashville passenger operations: [4]
In the same year the station had the following Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis passenger operations: [5]
By 1961, the operations, then all run by the Louisville and Nashville, making stops were:[6]
In 1968 the Georgian was eliminated. In its place was an unnamed St. Louis-Evansville train, and an unnamed Evansville-Atlanta train.[7] These two trains were among the trains that Amtrak chose not to pick up when it assumed long-distance operations on May 1, 1971. Thus, passenger service through Marietta ended.[8]
Preceding station | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Woodstock toward Cincinnati |
Cincinnati – Atlanta | Atlanta Terminus | ||
Woodstock toward Knoxville |
Knoxville – Atlanta | |||
Woodstock toward Louisville |
Louisville – Atlanta | |||
Preceding station | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | Following station | ||
Elizabeth toward Memphis |
Main Line | Smyrna toward Atlanta |
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