Greenwood station (Mississippi)
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Location | 506 Carrollton Avenue Greenwood, MS 38930 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°WCoordinates: 33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Illinois Central (CN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Red brick, two-story building | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak code: GWD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | September 11, 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013 | 15,730[2] 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greenwood, MS Location within Mississippi |
Greenwood is an Amtrak intercity train station in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. It is a stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans line. The red brick depot was built around 1917 by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is located in Greenwood's Railroad Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[3]
References[]
- ^ Zimmer, Josh (September 12, 1995). "Back on Track in Yazoo City". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Greenwood Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
External links[]
- Greenwood, MS – Amtrak
- Greenwood Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Greenwood, MS (GWD) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
Categories:
- Amtrak stations in Mississippi
- National Register of Historic Places in Leflore County, Mississippi
- Former Illinois Central Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917
- Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- Mississippi building and structure stubs
- Mississippi transportation stubs