Greenwood station (Mississippi)

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Greenwood, MS
Greenwood MS station 5393188768.jpg
Location506 Carrollton Avenue
Greenwood, MS 38930
United States
Coordinates33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639Coordinates: 33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639
Line(s)Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeRed brick, two-story building
Other information
Station codeAmtrak code: GWD
History
Opened1917
RebuiltSeptember 11, 1995[1]
Passengers
201315,730[2]Increase 0.5%
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Yazoo City City of New Orleans Marks
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
toward Jackson
Clarksdale – Jackson
toward Clarksdale
toward
Lake Cormorant – Greenwood Terminus
Terminus Greenwood – Grenada
toward
Location
Greenwood, MS is located in Mississippi
Greenwood, MS
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[]

  1. ^ 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. open access
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Greenwood Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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