Birmingham, Alabama (Amtrak station)

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Birmingham

Station statistics

Address

1819 Morris Avenue
Birmingham, AL

Lines

Crescent

Other information

Accessible

Code

BHM

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

27,325 ▲ 12%

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Tuscaloosa toward New Orleans		Crescent		Anniston toward New York

The Birmingham Amtrak Station, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is served by the passenger train The Crescent. The street address is 1819 Morris Avenue, and is located at the southern end of downtown fronting the railroad reservation. It features a small waiting room and an elevated platform constructed above the station and 18th Street. The station occupies part of what originally was the last Birmingham passenger station operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and is sometimes still referred to locally as "L&N Station."

In FY07, on average, 75 passengers daily boarded or detrained at Birmingham, making it the busiest Amtrak station in Alabama.