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The first station initially was operated by the Columbus and Xenia Railroad (C&X) and Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (CC&C), with the Central Ohio Railroad and Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Railroads joining in 1853. A portion of the arcade was saved, the Union Station arch, which is the focal point of the McFerson Commons park in the nearby Arena District. The demolished arcade was delisted in 1999. Train service stopped at Union Station in 1977, and the remaining portions of the station were demolished in 1979. The arcade was demolished in 1976 to make way for a new convention center, although it had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places two years prior. Passenger service significantly declined from the 1950s to the 1970s. By 1928, part of the arcade was demolished. The new station opened in 1897, and its arcade along High Street was finished in 1899. After traffic problems on High Street, as well as increased rail traffic became problematic, a new station was planned by Daniel Burnham beginning in 1893. Its replacement was built from 1873 to 1875, just before demolition of the first station building. The first station building was the first union station in the world, built in 1851. The station and its predecessors served railroad passengers in Columbus from 1851 until April 28, 1977. National Register of Historic PlacesĬolumbus Union Station was an intercity train station in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, near The Short North neighborhood.