Union Station (Jackson, Mississippi)

Union Station

Jackson's Union Station as seen from Capitol Street
Location 300 West Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Coordinates 32°18′04″N 90°11′28″W / 32.3010°N 90.1910°WCoordinates: 32°18′04″N 90°11′28″W / 32.3010°N 90.1910°W
Owned by City of Jackson
Line(s)
Platforms 3 island platform
Tracks 5
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code JAN
History
Opened 1927
Rebuilt 2003-2004
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 48,327[1] Decrease 3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Illinois Central
Byram
toward New Orleans
Main Line
Madison
TerminusClarksdale – Jackson
Asylum
toward Clarksdale
Clinton
toward Shreveport
Vicksburg Route Division
Pearson
toward Meridian
Van Winkle
toward Natchez
Natchez – JacksonTerminus
TerminusGulf and Ship Island Railroad
Main Line
Lakeland
toward Gulfport
Location
Location of the Jackson Amtrak Station.
Location within Mississippi

Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak rail lines, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus station.[2]

History

Train service first came to Jackson, Mississippi in 1840, when the Clinton and Vicksburg Railway established a connection. The city became a more prominent rail hub after the American Civil War as a stop for what eventually became the Illinois Central Railroad. The modern Georgian Revival station was built in 1927 by Illinois Central when the rail lines were rebuilt through downtown.[1]

After years of disuse, in 2003 the City of Jackson purchased the building from the Canadian National Railway, the successor to Illinois Central, with the intention of turning it into a multimodal hub named Union Station. The city undertook a $20 million renovation funded by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Jackson Redevelopment Authority; Dale and Associates were chosen as architects. The city converted the building into the Jackson Transit System's primary bus station and added facilities for Greyhound Lines. The former freighthouse was converted for use by Amtrak, and other areas of the building were redesigned for commercial use. Dale and Associates received a 2005 Mississippi AIA Merit Award for the completed project.[1] It is listed as a Mississippi Landmark.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jatran.com". jatran.com. JATRAN. 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.

External links

Media related to Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons