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Norfolk Terminal Station

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Trains and destinations in station's heyday
Decline
Disposition today
References

Norfolk Terminal Station was a railroad union station located in Norfolk, Virginia, which served passenger trains and provided offices for the Norfolk and Western Railway, the original Norfolk Southern Railway (a regional carrier in Virginia and North Carolina which became part of and later lent its name to the much larger company known as Norfolk Southern in the 1980s) and the Virginian Railway. The N&W and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and their respective Norfolk locations stood in contrast to competitor railroads, such as the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad which operated out of Cape Charles (Virginia), Newport News and Portsmouth, terminals outside of Norfolk.^[1]

Norfolk Terminal Station was built following destruction by fire of the large wooden N&W passenger station on October 13, 1909. After a sharing agreement was reached and a terminal operating company were formed, the new brick building was opened in 1912. Offices of all three tenant railroads occupied the upper floors, with passenger facilities at the ground level. The General Offices of the Virginian Railway occupied the top three floors whereas N&W General Offices were located in Roanoke, Virginia.

Trains and destinations in station's heyday

Major Norfolk & Western trains and destinations in station's mid-20th Century prime:

Cavalier - Cincinnati, via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke
Pocahontas - Cincinnati, via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke
Powhatan Arrow - Cincinnati, via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke

Decline

With the decline of passenger rail travel, and the merger of the Virginian Railway into the Norfolk and Western in 1959, the station closed in 1962 and was demolished in 1963.^[2] A contract for the demolition of the Terminal Building and Union Station was awarded by the N&W Railway to the ABC Demolition Corp., of Arlington, Virginia, it was announced on January 30, 1963. The price of the job was not announced.^[3]

Disposition today

Today it is the approximate location of Norfolk's Harbor Park, an outdoor sports stadium.

References

1. ^Official Guide of the Railways, 1949 edition index
2. ^Norfolk, VA - Great American Stations
3. ^{{cite news| author=Associated Press| title=Demolition Project| work=The Washington Post & Times-Herald| date=January 31, 1963| volume=86| issue=57| page=B-3}}

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