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Before the Huey P. Long Bridge was constructed, the Sunset and other Southern Pacific trains reached the station by ferry from Avondale. [1] By the 1940s, a total of 13 passenger trains arrived and departed from the station daily. [2] New Orleans Union Station was the only train station architect Louis Sullivan designed.
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (NOUPT) is an intermodal facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Located at 1001 Loyola Avenue, it is served by Amtrak , Greyhound Lines , Megabus , and NORTA with direct connections to the Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar Line .
The station also served the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad and the New Orleans Terminal Company. [1] It was the terminus for many of Southern's premier trains, most notably the Crescent. As such, it was the "front door" to New Orleans for many passengers from the Northeast for most of the first half of the 20th century.
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New Orleans Southern Railway: MP: 1908 1911 New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway: New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway: MP: 1911 1916 New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad: New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad: New Orleans Terminal Company: NOT SOU: 1903 1993 Alabama Great Southern Railroad: New Orleans, Texas and Mexico ...
Planning for the line began in 1831, and work began as the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad in February 1833, the second railway in Greater New Orleans after the Pontchartrain Railroad. [3] Passenger and freight services by steam locomotives began on September 26, 1835, originally without a dedicated right-of-way (it ran on public streets ...
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The 6-mile (10 km) long 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) gauge [1] line connected the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans along the riverfront with the town of Milneburg on the Lakefront. When built, the majority of the distance of the route between neighborhoods at either end of the route was a mixture of farmland, woods, and swamp.