Birmingham, Alabama (Amtrak station)
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The Birmingham Amtrak Station, located in Birmingham, Alabama
, is served by the passenger train The Crescent
. The street address is 1819 Morris Avenue, and is located in the middle of downtown fronting the railroad reservation. It features a small waiting room and an elevated platforms constructed above the station between 17th and 20th Streets. The station occupies a portion of what originally was the baggage and express portion of the 1896 Birmingham Passenger Station (this area built in the 1930s as part of the Grade Separation Project by the City of Birmingham, Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railroad). In the early 1960s the Louisville and Nashville Railroad built its last new passenger station at this address. This station featured large airy waiting rooms, lunch counters and large restrooms. This station was used by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad until April 30, 1971, when Amtrak assumed the operation of the South Wind, which operated from Chicago to Florida via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Montgomery, Jacksonville, Orlando and split into two trains with end points of Miami and St. Peterburg, Fl. Amtrak later renamed this train the Floridian. On February 1, 1979, the Floridian began sharing this station with the "Amtrak Crescent" after the Southern Railway joined Amtrak and discontinued its train the "Southern Crescent". The Floridian was discontinued on October 8, 1979. The state of Alabama contracted with Amtrak to run the "Gulf Breeze" as a section of the "Crescent" from Birmingham to Mobile from 1989 until 1995.
Of the three Alabama stations served by Amtrak, Birmingham was the busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of nearly 125 passengers daily.
The City of Birmingham plans to build a new multimodal station at the site of the 1960s Louiville and Nashville station. It will connect to the current station which will be reconfigured for access to the platforms.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
, is served by the passenger train The Crescent
Crescent (Amtrak)
The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. It runs daily from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns, on the same route, as train 20. Most of the route of...
. The street address is 1819 Morris Avenue, and is located in the middle of downtown fronting the railroad reservation. It features a small waiting room and an elevated platforms constructed above the station between 17th and 20th Streets. The station occupies a portion of what originally was the baggage and express portion of the 1896 Birmingham Passenger Station (this area built in the 1930s as part of the Grade Separation Project by the City of Birmingham, Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railroad). In the early 1960s the Louisville and Nashville Railroad built its last new passenger station at this address. This station featured large airy waiting rooms, lunch counters and large restrooms. This station was used by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad until April 30, 1971, when Amtrak assumed the operation of the South Wind, which operated from Chicago to Florida via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Montgomery, Jacksonville, Orlando and split into two trains with end points of Miami and St. Peterburg, Fl. Amtrak later renamed this train the Floridian. On February 1, 1979, the Floridian began sharing this station with the "Amtrak Crescent" after the Southern Railway joined Amtrak and discontinued its train the "Southern Crescent". The Floridian was discontinued on October 8, 1979. The state of Alabama contracted with Amtrak to run the "Gulf Breeze" as a section of the "Crescent" from Birmingham to Mobile from 1989 until 1995.
Of the three Alabama stations served by Amtrak, Birmingham was the busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of nearly 125 passengers daily.
The City of Birmingham plans to build a new multimodal station at the site of the 1960s Louiville and Nashville station. It will connect to the current station which will be reconfigured for access to the platforms.
See also
- Birmingham Terminal StationBirmingham Terminal StationBirmingham Terminal Station, completed in 1909, was the principal railway station for Birmingham, Alabama until the 1950s. It was demolished in 1969 and its loss still serves as a rallying image for local preservationists.-Beginnings:...
a separate passenger station in use from 1909 until it was demolished in 1969. A small Birmingham Terminal StationBirmingham Terminal StationBirmingham Terminal Station, completed in 1909, was the principal railway station for Birmingham, Alabama until the 1950s. It was demolished in 1969 and its loss still serves as a rallying image for local preservationists.-Beginnings:...
was built and used until February 1, 1979.