Biloxi, MS | ||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.
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
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
References
- ^ a b "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stennis, Todd. "History". 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
- Biloxi, MS – Amtrak
- Biloxi, MS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Amtrak Stations Database
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