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Passenger
Depots, Stations, Terminals & Platforms
This page
is an attempt to list all the depots, stations, terminals and loading
platforms that existed in Columbus, Ohio over the years. I expect the list
is not complete, so please send additions and corrections to columbusrr@att.net.
I haven�t been able clearly identify
the difference between a depot and a station. The words seem to have been
used interchangeably. The first two depot/stations
located at N. High and Naghten Streets were called Columbus Union
Depot. The third was Columbus Union Station; maybe the implication was for
Columbus, at least, a station was a step up. Terminals seemed to be an
additional step up with Cleveland and Cincinnati both having grand railroad
terminals built in the early mid-Twentieth Century. Not to be left out,
Columbus also had a terminal, its 1912 Columbus Interurban Terminal.
Platforms for this purpose will be
for stops that handled large numbers of people or very special customers and
resulted in the building of some sort of platform usually with a canopy and
sometimes a shelter,
but not a full building.
Steam Road Depots and Stations
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Columbus Union Depot #1, N. High
& Naghten Streets, 1850-1875 |
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Columbus Union Depot #2, N. High
& Naghten Streets, 1875-1897 |
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Columbus Union Station #3, N.
High & Naghten Streets, 1897-1976 |
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Columbus Amtrak Station, Fourth & Goodale Streets, 1977-1979 |
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Mound Street Railroad Station (Hocking Valley
Railroad), 1800s |
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Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad
Station, 379 W. Broad Street, 1895 � late 1920s |
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South Columbus, (Hocking
Valley Railroad) |
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Arlington Place, PRR, West Side
of Scioto River - closed by 1931 |
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East North Broadway, Big Four
Railroad |
Steam Road Platforms
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Franklin Park (N&W RR), possibly
some years during 1876-1885. Used for Fair goers when the state fair
was held at Franklin Park. |
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Ohio State Fair Grounds-Southwest
gate (Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad), 1896 (possibly other years
as well) |
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Ohio State Fair Grounds-West
main gate (Big Four), 1891-1893, 1895-(possibly to the 1920s) |
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Port Columbus on Fifth Avenue (PRR),
1929-1930. Used for the train to plane service. |
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Ft Hayes (PRR), During
World War II, may have been used during WW I as well. Troop trains
stopped for meal breaks at Fort Hayes and to pick up army personal in
transit. |
Interurban Stations and Terminal
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Interurban Station,
West Gay Street between Front and High Streets, about 1902-1912 |
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Columbus Station (Scioto Valley
Traction) Rich and South Third Streets, 1904-1930 |
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Columbus Interurban Terminal,
Rich and South Third Streets, 1912-1939 |
(The last two were across the street from each other.)
Streetcar Platforms
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Ohio State Fair Grounds � West
gate, later Main gate on the south side of the fair grounds, 1888-1934
(Streetcar tracks were left in place on Chittenden Avenue for use during
special events at the Fair grounds, but were eliminated by 1947 and maybe
sooner. |
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Minerva
Park located 1/2 mile north of the then city limits on the Columbus -
Westerville line, 1895-1902 |
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Olentangy
Park at North High Street and Arcadia Avenue, 1896-1938 |
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