Dillon station
Dillon, SC | ||||||||||||||||
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Amtrak inter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 100 North Railroad Avenue Dillon, SC 29536 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°WCoordinates: 34°25′03″N 79°22′20″W / 34.4176°N 79.3722°W | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | South End Subdivision | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | DIL | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1893 (Freight) 1904 (Passenger) | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 9,456[1] 8.1% | |||||||||||||||
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Dillon is a train station in Dillon, South Carolina, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Florence Railroad in 1893, but only as a freight station. Once the railroad was consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898, the passenger station was opened in 1904. The station survived the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967, only to terminate passenger service in 1971.[2] Amtrak service to Dillon began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the Palmetto.[3] The four-faced station clock also contains two Fahrenheit thermometers.
Gallery[]
The clock doubles as a thermometer
Historic plaque
Monument to the Mayors of Dillon
Railroad crossing and CSX Railroad trucks
References[]
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Dillon ACL Depot, including 1971 SCL Depot photograph (South Carolina Railroad Structures)". Archived from the original on 2004-02-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Southern Amtrak passenger train scheduled". News-Tribune. April 11, 1976. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
External links[]
- Media related to Dillon (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Dillon, SC – Amtrak
- Dillon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Dillon, SC (DIL) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
- Amtrak stations in South Carolina
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- South Carolina building and structure stubs
- South Carolina transportation stubs