Jump to content

Mobile station (Amtrak): Difference between revisions

Add links
Coordinates: 30°41′24″N 88°02′17″W / 30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
fixed rail subdivision
Line 7: Line 7:
| address=11 Government Street<br />[[Mobile, Alabama]]
| address=11 Government Street<br />[[Mobile, Alabama]]
| coordinates={{coord|30.690|-88.038|type:railwaystation_region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates={{coord|30.690|-88.038|type:railwaystation_region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
| line=[[CSX]] [[NO&M Subdivision]]<ref>[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Atlanta%20Div%20ETT%20%233%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Atlanta Division Timetable]</ref>
| line=[[CSX]] [[M&M Subdivision]]
| other=
| other=
| platform=
| platform=

Revision as of 19:45, 4 December 2021

Not to be confused with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal.
Mobile, AL
Mobile station in September 1974
General information
Location11 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates30°41′24″N 88°02′17″W / 30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
Line(s)CSX NO&M Subdivision[1]
Other information
Station codeMOE
History
OpenedApril 29, 1984 (Amtrak)
October 29, 1989[2]
ClosedApril 30, 1971 (L&N)[2]
January 6, 1985 (Amtrak)
August 28, 2005[3]
Rebuilt1956
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Pascagoula
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited
(1993–2005)
 Atmore
toward Orlando or Miami
Pascagoula
toward New Orleans
 Gulf Coast Limited
(1985–1986, 1996–1997)
 Terminus
Terminus Gulf Breeze
(1989–1995)
 Atmore
toward Birmingham
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Choctaw
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Hurricane
toward Cincinnati

Mobile station was a train station in Mobile, Alabama. It was built in 1956 and demolished in 2007.

History

The Sunset Limited at the station in 1993

Built in 1956 by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, it replaced an earlier station on the same site. Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized the station included the Pan-American and Humming Bird. Until 1971 the L&N operated the New Orleans–Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Wind through the station in cooperation with the Seaboard Air Line. In previous years the company additionally operated all-coach trains that made the trip during daylight hours for most of the route.[4]

Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.[5][6] Mobile then served as the southern terminus of the Gulf Breeze train starting in 1989. The Sunset Limited began stopping here in 1993, and the Gulf Breeze was discontinued in 1995.[7][8] In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the station and Amtrak discontinued the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans.

In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan provides for a future station nearby. Amtrak announced in 2016 that plans for a return of the Sunset Limited were under consideration. In 2021, Amtrak announced the possibility of restoring service as early as 2022.

References

  1. ^ CSX Atlanta Division Timetable
  2. ^ a b "All Aboard". The Alabama Journal. Montgomery, Alabama. October 30, 1989. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Louisville & Nashville section, Table F
  5. ^ Stennis, Todd. "History". Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "'Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended". Hattiesburg American. September 16, 1984. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective October 30, 1994". timetables.org. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective April 2, 1995". timetables.org. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 23. Retrieved November 14, 2018.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This Alabama train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Mobile_station_(Amtrak)&oldid=1058631653"