Hamlet (Amtrak station)

Historic Hamlet Depot & Museum
Station statistics
Address	2 West Main Street, Hamlet NC 28345
Line(s)	Silver Star
Structure type	Historic Railroad Depot and Museum
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Opened	1900
Station code	HAM
Owned by	City of Hamlet, NC
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	4,882[1]  1.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Camden toward Miami Silver Star Southern Pines toward New York City
Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2 Main Street Hamlet, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°52′59.98″N 79°41′53.72″W / 34.8833278°N 79.6982556°W / 34.8833278; -79.6982556Coordinates: 34°52′59.98″N 79°41′53.72″W / 34.8833278°N 79.6982556°W / 34.8833278; -79.6982556
Built	1900
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	71000617
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1971

The Hamlet Amtrak Station, located in Hamlet, North Carolina, is served by the Silver Star passenger train. It is located at East Main Street and North Bridges Street, and is located in the heart of historic downtown Hamlet.

Hamlet Station was originally built in 1900 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as both a passenger station and a division headquarters. It was originally called the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1971.^[2] Between 2001 and 2004 the entire Queen Anne-style station house was moved across a set of tracks for safety, and converted into a museum by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.^[3]

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External links

Media related to Hamlet (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Hamlet, NC
• Hamlet Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)