Columbus Depots Columbus Union Station, built in 1901 and designed by the Atlanta architectural firm of Bruce and Morgan, once served the Central of Georgia and the Southern. Passenger service ended in 1971. The building, also known as the Sixth Avenue Station, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.  Rehabilitated as an office facility by Total System Services, Inc., Union Station now houses the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce. (1200 Sixth Avenue). To the east of the passenger station once stood the Central's freight depot, a long narrow structure that extended the entire block from Twelfth Street to Thirteenth Street. Across the railyards to the southeast were the railroad's repair shops and roundhouse. See 1907 map (420K). An old postcard image shows the station as it looked from Sixth Avenue a century ago. Note the arch-roofed trainshed at the rear. It was similar in design to early trainsheds in Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah, and West Point. Trackside at Union Station. (Photo by Carmine Fischetti). Two historic freight depots survive in Columbus: the Seaboard's 1903 structure at Front Avenue and W. Tenth Street (above), and the Southern Railway freight depot at Sixth Avenue and Thirteenth Street. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home