Salisbury station (North Carolina)

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 Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District.

Salisbury, NC
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Entrance to the historic Salisbury Station
Location215 Depot Street
Salisbury, NC
Coordinates35.6673°N 80.4662°W / 35.6673; -80.4662
Owned byHistoric Salisbury Foundation
Line(s)Charlotte District
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking26 spaces; free
Other information
StatusUnstaffed; attendant available
Station codeSAL (Amtrak)
History
Opened1908
Rebuilt1993-1996, 1999
Original companySouthern Railway
Passengers
FY201820,693[1][2] 7.03%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Kannapolis
toward Charlotte
Carolinian High Point
toward New York
Lexington
(Seasonal)
toward New York
Charlotte Crescent High Point
toward New York
Kannapolis
toward Charlotte
Piedmont High Point
toward Raleigh
Lexington
(Seasonal)
toward Raleigh
Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot
Waiting area
LocationE side of Depot St. between Kerr and Council Sts., Salisbury, North Carolina
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1907 (1907)
ArchitectMilburn, Frank P.
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.75001290[3]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1975

History

The station was constructed in 1908 by the Southern Railway and was designed by Frank P. Milburn in the Spanish Mission Style.[4] 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.[5] Renovations began in 1993 and were completed by 1996, although NCDOT gave the foundation extra funding in 1999 to enlarge the waiting room.[6]

References

  1. "Salisbury, NC (SAL) - Great American Stations". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of North Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Robert Topkins and Mary Alice Hinson (June 1975). "Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  5. Salisbury Station (NCDOT Rail)
  6. Salisbury Station (Historic Salisbury Foundation)

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