Greenwood station (Mississippi)
Greenwood, MS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 506 Carrollton Avenue Greenwood, Mississippi United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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: GWD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | September 11, 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 12,964[2] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greenwood station 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 and 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
[edit]- ^ 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, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Greenwood, MS (GWD)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
External links
[edit]- Greenwood, MS – Amtrak
- Greenwood, MS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Greenwood Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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- 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