Union Station Grand Re-Opening
After years of hearing about plans to refurbish the Union Train Station at 300 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the opening date of the station is close…this Saturday! Come see the refurbished station and...
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July 21,1970: Union Train Station Closes
On this day in 1970, the last passenger train from Winston-Salem to Asheville marked the closing of the Union Train Station. Earlier in the month, the State Utilities Commission issued an order that eliminated...
April 15,1926: Union Train Station Opens
The Southern Railroad passenger station was located on a pie-slice piece of land between Third and Fourth Streets, on Chestnut Street. It opened in 1904, and was designed by Frank Milburn, a well-known architect...