Spartanburg (Amtrak station)

Spartanburg

Station platform
Station statistics
Address 290 Magnolia Street
Spartanburg, SC
Lines
  Crescent
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 1904
Accessible
Code SPB
Owned by City of Spartanburg
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 4,955[1]  21%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Crescent

The Spartanburg Amtrak Station, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is served by the Crescent passenger train. The street address is 290 Magnolia Street. The station is within walking distance of Wofford College, the Spartanburg County government administration building, and the Donald S. Russell Federal Building, which includes the federal courthouse for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Spartanburg Station was originally a Union Station built in 1904 by the Southern Railway, and also served the Clinchfield Railroad and the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. In recent years, the station was slowly dismantled, and in 1996 was damaged in a fire. One week after the fire, a teenaged boy launched a crusade to save the station through letters, editorials and meetings with local politicians. The station was eventually restored, and today also serves double duty as the Spartanburg Convention Center and Visitors Bureau.[2]

Of the 11 South Carolina stations served by Amtrak, Spartanburg was the ninth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 14 passengers daily.[3]

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. ^ Spartanburg, SC (SPB) -- Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  3. ^ "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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