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
Location	215 Depot Street Salisbury, NC
Coordinates	35.6673°N 80.4662°W
Owned by	Historic Salisbury Foundation
Line(s)	Charlotte District
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	26 spaces; free
Other information
Status	Unstaffed; attendant available
Station code	SAL (Amtrak)
History
Opened	1908
Rebuilt	1993-1996, 1999
Original company	Southern Railway
Passengers
FY2018	20,693[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 toward New Orleans Crescent High Point toward New York Kannapolis toward Charlotte Piedmont High Point toward Raleigh Lexington (Seasonal) 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
Architect	Milburn, Frank P.
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	75001290[3]
Added to NRHP	July 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)

External links

Media related to Salisbury (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

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