Mobile (Amtrak station)
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The Mobile Amtrak station was a train station in Mobile
, Alabama
, United States
served by Amtrak
, the national railroad passenger system. Service was suspended after Hurricane Katrina
, which flooded the station. In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan
provides for a future station nearby.
The station was built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
in 1956, replacing an earlier station on the same site. Besides the Sunset Limited
, the station once served as the southern terminus of Amtrak's Gulf Breeze train from 1989 to 1994.
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the national railroad passenger system. Service was suspended after Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, which flooded the station. In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan
Site plan
A site plan is an architectural plan, landscape architecture document, and a detailed engineering drawing of proposed improvements to a given lot...
provides for a future station nearby.
The station was built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N, as it was generally known, grew into one of the great success stories of American business...
in 1956, replacing an earlier station on the same site. Besides the Sunset Limited
Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental...
, the station once served as the southern terminus of Amtrak's Gulf Breeze train from 1989 to 1994.
See also
- Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Passenger TerminalGulf, Mobile, and Ohio Passenger TerminalThe Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Passenger Terminal is a historic train station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Architect P. Thorton Mayre designed the Mission Revival style terminal for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It was completed in 1907 at a total cost of $575,000...
the 1907 built former rail station that is still standing in Mobile