Rocky Mount (Amtrak station)

Rocky Mount

Front entrance to Rocky Mount Station.
Station statistics
Address 101 Hammond Street
Rocky Mount, NC
Lines
Connections Greyhound and Trailways Buses
Tar River Transit
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1893
Rebuilt 1911-12, 1916, 1997-2000
Accessible
Code RMT
Owned by City of Rocky Mount
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 52,959[1]  9.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Charlotte
Carolinian
toward Savannah
Palmetto
toward Miami
Silver Meteor
toward Miami
Silver Star
    Former services    
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
South Rocky Mount
Main Line
Battleboro
Nashville
toward Lassiter
Lassiter Branch Terminus
Terminus Rocky Mount – Kinston
Tarboro
toward Kinston
Terminus Norfolk Branch
Tarboro
toward Norfolk

The Rocky Mount Amtrak Station, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is served by four passenger trains, the Carolinian, Silver Meteor, Silver Star and Palmetto. The station is located just south of downtown Rocky Mount, and the street address is 101 Hammond Street. It was named for Helen P. Gay, a 90-year-old former member of the Rocky Mount City Council who was instrumental in the station's most recent restoration project.[2]

Of the 16 North Carolina stations served by Amtrak, Rocky Mount was the fifth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 150 passengers daily.[1]

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History

Rocky Mount Station was originally built in 1893 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. After the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bought the W&WR, they rebuilt the station between 1911 and 1912, and again in 1916. During the 1960s ACL built a modern structure within the station to store switches and signal equipment before the railroad was merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. Between 1997 and 2000 the station was restored to its early 20th Century design features, with additional ADA-compliant platforms and other amenities.[3] The former REA Express freight house is now the home of the Rocky Mount Bus Depot, which serves Greyhound, Trailways, and Tar River Transit buses, and is the home of "The All-Aboard Restaurant."

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