[5][6] The Erie Railroad split away in 1949, moving to a separate station on the adjacent Broadway Street.

By the 1950s the Pennsylvania Railroad eliminated the Columbus to Cleveland trains, and Union Station was served by an Akron to Hudson taxi shuttle.

Akron briefly saw train service in the 1990s with the arrival of the rerouting of the Broadway Limited and the Three Rivers.

[9][10] The depot was scheduled for demolition in 2010 as part of a new law school to be built by the university, but plans were scrapped due to local backlash.

As a result, a new expansion and renovation was instead added to the C. Blake McDowell Law Center, across the street from Buckingham.