Greenwood station (Mississippi)

Greenwood, MS
Location 506 Carrolton Avenue
Greenwood, MS 38930
United States
Coordinates 33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639Coordinates: 33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639
Line(s) Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Red brick, two-story building
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: GWD
History
Opened 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 15,730[1]Increase 0.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Illinois Central
Rising Sun
toward Jackson
Clarksdale Jackson
Grenada Junction
toward Clarksdale
Grenada Junction
toward Lake Cormorant
Lake Cormorant GreenwoodTerminus
TerminusGreenwood Grenada
Grenada Junction
toward Grenada
Location
Greenwood, MS
Location within Mississippi

Greenwood is an Amtrak intercity train station in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. It is a stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans line. The red brick depot was built around 1917 by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is located in Greenwood's Railroad Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[2]

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. "Greenwood Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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