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Hilliard History Lives: Make tracks to Weaver Park to check out historic train station The tracks were finished in 1853, when the inaugural run was made from Columbus to Indiana. As Hilliard continued to grow, the railroad owners took notice and decided that the Hilliard area might be a good stopping point for the train and, therefore, decided to create a train station. The first station in 1895 was temporary and consisted of combining three boxcars along the side of the tracks. This lasted for four years until the permanent wood structure was constructed. The stopping point was called Hilliard’s Station. This structure was somewhat different from most train stations of that era in that it had only freight doors and no passenger doors. Although there was some passenger business, most of the business was commercial and agricultural. ....