Mobile station (Amtrak)

Mobile station is a closed Amtrak train station in Mobile, Alabama. Built in 1956 by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, it replaced an earlier station on the same site, not to be confused with a separate Mobile passenger train station known as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Passenger Terminal, which was located about one mile away. Until 1971 the L&N operated the New Orleans-Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Wind through the station in cooperation with the Seaboard Air Line. In previous years the company additionally operated all-coach trains that made the trip during daylight hours for most of the route.[3]

Mobile
Location11 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602
Coordinates30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
Line(s)
  Sunset Limited
Other information
Station codeMOE
History
OpenedOctober 29, 1989[1]
ClosedApril 30, 1971 (Louisville and Nashville Railroad)[1]
August 28, 2005 (service suspended)[2]
Passengers
20070  0%
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Pascagoula
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited
(1993–2005)
 Atmore
toward Orlando or Miami
Terminus Gulf Breeze Atmore
toward Birmingham
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Choctaw
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Hurricane
toward Cincinnati

Amtrak continued serving the station when it took over the railroad in 1971. Mobile station was a stop on the Sunset Limited line, and was also the southern terminus of the Gulf Breeze train from 1989 to 1995.[4][5] In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the station and Amtrak discontinued the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans. In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan provides for a future station nearby. Amtrak announced in 2016 that plans for a return of the Sunset Limited were under consideration.

References
  1. "All Aboard". The Alabama Journal. Montgomery, Alabama. October 30, 1989. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat. August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Louisville & Nashville section, Table F
  4. "Amtrak Timetable - Effective October 30, 1994". timetables.org. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  5. "Amtrak Timetable - Effective April 2, 1995". timetables.org. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 23. Retrieved November 14, 2018.


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