Shreveport Union Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°30′32″N 93°44′54″W / 32.5088°N 93.7482°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | November 3, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shreveport Union Station was a passenger station on Louisiana Avenue, at Lake Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. Built in 1897 by the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company, it was the oldest of Shreveport's four passenger railroad stations. With a tall tower, the station became a landmark in downtown Shreveport. It had its highest levels of service in the 1920s, typically hosting 35 passenger trains a day.[1]
As a union station, it was served by trains of the Kansas City Southern Railway, Illinois Central, St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt), and Southern Pacific.[2][3]