Memphis Calhoun Street Station

Contributed by Bill Pollard

Calhoun St. Station located at Calhoun and Main before the current Central Station that was errected in 1914. This ad declares that the Choctow Route (predecessor of the Rock Island), Yazoo and Mississippi Valley (Y&MV), and the Illinois Central used this station. Research suggests that this station was also used by the Kansas City Ft. Scott and Memphis (later Frisco), Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis (NC&StL), Louisville and Nashville (L&N), and Southern before Union Station was opened in 1912 and may have been referred to as "Union Station". When Memphis Union Station Company opened Union Station in 1912, the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis, Louisville and Nashville, and Southern moved to Union Station at Calhoun and Second St. The St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern also moved into Union Station from their Georgia Street station. At least the Louisville and Nashville referred to this as their "South Memphis" station during the time that they also operated a Terminal Station in "North Memphis" at Auction and Main.