L&N Station (New Orleans)

The Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station was a former train station of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in New Orleans, Louisiana. The station was located at the foot of Canal Street, and provided service to New Orleans from Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile. By the 1940s, six passenger trains arrived daily on the terminal's three tracks.

Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station
Passenger Station
The Louisville & Nashville Station is visible just behind the Iberville Street Wharf
General information
LocationCanal St.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates29°57′2″N 90°03′50″W
Operated byLouisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N)
Tracks3
History
Opened1902 (1902)
Closed1954 (1954)
Former services
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Pontchartrain Junction
toward Cincinnati

The station was demolished in early 1954 after all passenger service was relocated to the new Union Passenger Terminal.

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