Florence (Amtrak station)

Florence

Florence Amtrak Station
Station statistics
Address 805 East Day Street
Florence, SC 29506
Lines
  Palmetto
  Silver Meteor
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1996
Accessible
Code FLO
Owned by McLeod Regional Medical Center
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 47,344[1]  4.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Savannah
 Palmetto
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor
    Former services    
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Effingham
 Main Line
Pee Dee
Darlington
toward Wadesboro
 Wadesboro – Florence Terminus
Darlington
toward Hartsville
 Hartsville – Florence Terminus
Timmonsville
toward Columbia
 Columbia – Wilmington
Pee Dee
toward Wilmington
Timmonsville
toward Augusta
 Augusta – Florence Terminus

The Florence Amtrak station is a train station in Florence, South Carolina, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Florence is served by Amtrak's Palmetto and Silver Meteor routes and is a service stop for the Auto Train. The station was built by CSX in 1996 as a replacement for the much larger former station, which is now owned by the McLeod Regional Medical Center.

Of the 11 South Carolina stations served by Amtrak, Florence was the second-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 130 passengers daily.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/SOUTHCAROLINA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/SOUTHCAROLINA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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