Salisbury station (North Carolina)

Salisbury
Entrance to the historic Salisbury Station
Location	Depot and Liberty Streets Salisbury, NC
Coordinates	35°40′02″N 80°27′58″W / 35.6673°N 80.4662°W / 35.6673; -80.4662Coordinates: 35°40′02″N 80°27′58″W / 35.6673°N 80.4662°W / 35.6673; -80.4662
Owned by	Historic Salisbury Foundation
Line(s)	Crescent   Carolinian and Piedmont
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SAL
History
Opened	1908
Rebuilt	1993-1996, 1999
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	31,539[1]  14%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Kannapolis toward Charlotte Carolinian High Point toward New York City Lexington (Open only during the Barbecue Festival) toward New York City Charlotte toward New Orleans Crescent High Point toward New York City Kannapolis toward Charlotte Piedmont High Point toward Raleigh Lexington (Open only during the Barbecue Festival) toward Raleigh
Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Waiting area
Location	E side of Depot St. between Kerr and Council Sts., Salisbury, North Carolina
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Milburn, Frank P.
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	75001290[2]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1975

Salisbury is an Amtrak station located in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is served by three passenger trains: the Crescent, the Carolinian, and the Piedmont. The street address is Depot and Liberty Streets, and is located in the heart of historic downtown Salisbury.

The station was constructed in 1908 by the Southern Railroad and was designed by Frank P. Milburn in the Spanish Mission Style.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, but was nearly demolished until it was bought by the Historic Salisbury Foundation in 1984.^[4] Renovations began in 1993 and were completed by 1996,^[5] although NCDOT gave the foundation extra funding in 1999 to enlarge the waiting room. It is located in the Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District.

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Media related to Salisbury station (North Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Salisbury, NC
• Salisbury Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Salisbury, NC (SAL) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

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