Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station)

Jackson

Jackson intermodal station as seen from Capitol Avenue.
Station statistics
Address 300 W. Capital Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Lines
  City of New Orleans
Platforms 3 island platform
Tracks 5
Other information
Opened 1927
Rebuilt 2003-2004
Accessible
Code JAN
Owned by City of Jackson
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 52,307[1]  16% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Illinois Central Railroad
Byram
 Main Line
Madison
Terminus Clarksdale – Jackson
Asylum
toward Clarksdale
Clinton
toward Shreveport
 Vicksburg Route Division
Pearson
toward Meridian
Van Winkle
toward Natchez
 Natchez – Jackson Terminus
Terminus Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Main Line
Lakeland
toward Gulfport

The Jackson Union Station is a train station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was originally built in 1927 by the Illinois Central Railroad and restored between 2002 and 2004. The station lies west of another station built the same year in Jackson that served the New Orleans and Great Northern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads, and is listed as a Mississippi Landmark.

Of the 10 Mississippi stations served by Amtrak, Jackson was the busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 140 passengers daily.[2] Traffic volume has increased 46% since 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MISSISSIPPI10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MISSISSIPPI10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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