Brookhaven (Amtrak station)

Brookhaven

Postcard of the former Brookhaven Union Station built by Illinois Central Railroad, now a military museum near the Amtrak station
Station statistics
Address 440 North Railroad Avenue
at Willard Street
Brookhaven, MS 39601
Lines
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Opened 1907
Code BRH
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 5,241[1]  1.8% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
    Former services    
Illinois Central Railroad
Bogue Chitto
Main Line
Wesson

The Godbold Transportation Center is a train station in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station is a sheltered platform located next to an old Illinois Central Railroad Depot built in 1907. The old station house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is currently used as a local Military Museum. A new station house was opened 17 August 2011.

Of the 10 Mississippi stations served by Amtrak, Brookhaven was the seventh-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 14 passengers daily.[2]

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