Biloxi station
Biloxi station is a closed and unstaffed Amtrak intercity train station in Biloxi, Mississippi. There is no station building; there is only a covered platform. The station is across the street from the Biloxi Transit Center, which serves Coast Transit Authority and Greyhound buses.
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The platform at Biloxi in 2001, looking west. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 860 Esters Boulevard Biloxi, Mississippi | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°23′56″N 88°53′29″W / 30.3989°N 88.8915°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | CSX NO&M Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Coast Transit Authority Greyhound Lines | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||||
| Station code | BIX | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 29, 1984 March 31, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 6, 1985 August 28, 2005[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 0 0% | |||||||||||||||||
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Amtrak service to Biloxi began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985.[2][3] The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993 in service on the Sunset Limited.[4] Damage to the rail line resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused Amtrak to suspend service east of New Orleans,[1] including at Biloxi.
Prior station edit
Into the late 1960s, at another Biloxi station, the Louisville & Nashville operated the daily trains, Gulf Wind (New Orleans–Jacksonville), Pan-American (New Orleans–Cincinnati) and Humming Bird (New Orleans–Cincinnati), as well as an additional unnamed day train (New Orleans–Jacksonville).[5] Additionally, the Southern Railway operated the Crescent and Piedmont Limited (both: New Orleans–New York) through that station.[6]
Notable places edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stennis, Todd. . Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ "'Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended". Hattiesburg American. September 16, 1984. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wagster, Emily (April 1, 1993). "All Aboard! Sunset Limited on a Roll". The Clarion-Ledger. pp. A1, A11. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Louisville and Nashville timetable, December 18, 1965, Tables A, C, D, F https://streamlinermemories.info/South/L&N65TT.pdf
- ^ Southern Railway timetable, July 30, 1952, Tables A, B https://streamlinermemories.info/South/SOU52TT.pdf
External links edit
- Biloxi, MS – Amtrak
- Biloxi, MS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Amtrak Stations Database