When you think about the city of Savannah in the U.S. state of Georgia, the last thing you will think about is the city’s railroad history. Yet, the Savannah Visitor Center was once a railroad station. This is not one of those tiny depots made into a visitor center. This was a major passenger terminal for the Georgia Railway until 1972. Today, it is the first place you will want to visit when you arrive in Savannah.
As you arrive, you can see a structure preserved with some old passenger cars and a caboose in the areas where the passengers boarded the trains. Inside, you will see the information desk, a gift shop, a café, and the Savannah History Museum. Across the parking lot, you will find old warehouses that were served by freight trains. The structure is now part of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
The Savannah Visitor Center is located at 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard across the street from the Georgia Railroad Museum, and it is the first structures you will see as you arrive in Savannah from Interstate 16. You can also park your car here and take a beautiful walk through this very his very historic and lovely city.
This is amazing. You come to Savannah today, and you first see the Visitor Center. This is no different that the visitors who arrived here before 1972 by train.
John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad 