Terminal Station,

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, is a railroad station that was built in 1916, and is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect Alfred T. Fellheimer (1875–1959), prominent for his design of

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in 1903. The station building is part of the Macon Historic District, which is listed on the

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. While no longer an active train station, it has been the location of the Macon Transit Authority bus hub since 2014.

Early history

Col. Robert L. Berner, a prominent Macon attorney and former state legislator, filed a petition on September 28, 1912, with the Georgia Railroad Commission, asking that the railroads calling at Macon be required to erect an adequate union passenger station in Macon. His efforts culminated in the construction of Terminal Station, which was officially opened in 1916. The Terminal Station building has a limestone exterior, with the main lobby and waiting areas having floors and walls of pink Tennessee marble. Terminal Station encompassed 13 acres and was owned by the Macon Terminal Company. By the mid-1920s, the station dispatched an estimated 100 arrivals and departures per day. The station was served by the Georgia Railroad, Central of Georgia Railway, Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad, and Southern Railway. The last trains running from there were the ''Royal Palm'' (1970) and the ''Nancy Hanks'' (1971). The final run of the ''Nancy Hanks'' on April 30, 1971, ended 125 years of intercity rail service in Macon. A bronze statue of William Morrill Wadley was erected outside the station in 1885, three years after his death.

Notable trains

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: ** '' Nancy Hanks'': Atlanta - Savannah The Central also operated a Birmingham - Columbus - Savannah night train through the station in the early 1950s. *Central of Georgia and Louisville & Nashville Railroad: ** ''

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'': Cincinnati - Knoxville - Atlanta - Jacksonville ** '' Southland'': Chicago - Cincinnati - Knoxville - Atlanta - St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Miami * Frisco and Southern: **'' Kansas City-Florida Special'': Kansas City - Memphis - Birmingham - Atlanta - Jacksonville *Southern: **''Florida Sunbeam'': Chicago, Detroit & Cleveland - Miami **'' Ponce de Leon'': Cincinnati - Atlanta - Jacksonville **''

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'': Cincinnati - Atlanta - Jacksonville

Recent history

After almost sixty years of service, Terminal Station closed in 1971, and the building remained unused. In 1982, it was purchased by Georgia Power Company and utilized as offices until the 1990s. The City of Macon purchased the Terminal Station in 2002, and funded the restoration of the building. The city council voted in 2014 to give the property to the Macon Transit Authority.

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announced in July 2019 that it was moving its existing operations in Macon to the Terminal Station. The stated goal for the move was to bring passengers more local transportation options, namely the Macon Transit Authority's bus hub. In 2020, the Terminal Station was used as a filming location for scenes from the award-winning

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series '' The Underground Railroad''.

Brosnan Yard

Occupying the former Central of Georgia shop complex just southwest of the Terminal Station is Norfolk Southern's Brosnan Yard. The rail yard was opened in 1967 and named after William Brosnan, then president of Southern Railway. In 2020, it was announced that Brosnan Yard was one of several yards being idled, as part of Norfolk Southern's transition to precision railroading.

References

External links

Official website
{{National Register of Historic Places Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 Former railway stations in Georgia (U.S. state) Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) 1916 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1975 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Bibb County, Georgia Railway stations in Macon–Bibb County, Georgia Macon Macon Repurposed railway stations in the United States Railway stations in the United States closed in 1975