Newbern–Dyersburg (Amtrak station)

Newbern–Dyersburg
Location 108 Jefferson Street
Newbern, TN 38059
Coordinates 36°06′45″N 89°15′45″W / 36.1125°N 89.2625°WCoordinates: 36°06′45″N 89°15′45″W / 36.1125°N 89.2625°W
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code NBN
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 4,192[1] Increase 3.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Illinois Central
Dyersburg
toward New Orleans
Main Line
Trimble
Dyersburg
toward Memphis
Memphis – Louisville
Trimble
toward Louisville
Newbern Illinois Central Depot
Location Jct. of Main and Jefferson Sts., Newbern, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°6′44″N 89°15′44″W / 36.11222°N 89.26222°W
Area 1.5 acres (0.6 ha)
Built 1920
Architectural style Other, Combination Depot, Craftsman
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 93000213[2]
Added to NRHP March 25, 1993

The Newbern–Dyersburg Amtrak station is a train station in Newbern, Tennessee, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station is unstaffed; it is a flag stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans route, where passengers can get on or off a train, but cannot purchase tickets or get baggage services.[3]

It is located in a former Illinois Central Railroad depot, built in 1920, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1993, as Newbern Illinois Central Depot.[2][4] The historic Illinois Central depot is a combination depot that accommodated both passenger and freight services in a single one-story building, along with a railroad business office. The brick building replaced a wooden depot building that burned in 1918. It was built to a standard floor plan with little architectural ornamentation, but the windows and eaves show Craftsman influences.[5] Adjacent to the depot building there is a cotton-loading platform where bales of cotton were taken off wagons and transferred to railcars during the era when Newbern was a center for the ginning and shipment of cotton grown in surrounding counties.[6]

Illinois Central passenger train service to the depot ceased in 1965. The building was then used for storage until 1990, when it was acquired by the city of Newbern.[6] It was subsequently restored based on the original architectural drawings.[5] The building now houses the Amtrak stop and a small museum of railroad history that exhibits old photos, railroad tools, uniforms, schedules, and other memorabilia, along with model trains and art work. The depot is a central feature of Newbern's "Depot Days" Festival, held annually in September.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Tennessee" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Visitors Guide to the Newbern Depot & Railroad Museum". Visitors Guide to the Middle Mississippi River Valley. greatriverroad.com. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ Newbern-Dyersberg Tennessee Amtrak Station TrainWeb Image #4
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 West, Carroll Van (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Illinois Central Depot". Middle Tennessee State University.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 West, Carroll Van (1995). Tennessee's Historic Landscapes: A Traveler's Guide. University of Tennessee Press. p. 465. ISBN 9780870498817.

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