Bay St. Louis station

Bay St. Louis
Bay St. Louis
	The former L&N depot, photographed in 2001.
Location	303 South Railroad Avenue; Bay St. Louis, MS, 39520
Coordinates	30°18′24″N 89°20′14″W / 30.30667°N 89.33722°WCoordinates: 30°18′24″N 89°20′14″W / 30.30667°N 89.33722°W
Line(s)	CSX NO&M Subdivision
Other information
Station code	BAS
History
Opened	1929 (L&N); April 29, 1984 (Amtrak); March 31, 1993
Closed	1971 (L&N); January 6, 1985 (Amtrak); August 28, 2005
Passengers
2007	0 0%
Former services
	New Orleans (1996–1997) Terminus

Bay St. Louis is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, serving the Sunset Limited. The Bay St. Louis station consists of two small platforms with indoor/outdoor shelters near the former Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot, which was built in 1929, but is closed to the public.

Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized their station included the Pan-American, Gulf Wind, and Humming Bird.

Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.^[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 Bay St. Louis.

Notable places nearby[]

John C. Stennis Space Center

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.

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[SLKatrina05-1] "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[srrtc-2] Stennis, Todd. "History". Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.

[3] "'Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended". Hattiesburg American. September 16, 1984. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] 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.

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