Anniston station
Anniston | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Street side of the station during the 2008 restoration | |||||||||||
| Location |
126 West 4th Street[1] Anniston, Alabama United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°38′57″N 85°49′56″W / 33.64917°N 85.83222°WCoordinates: 33°38′57″N 85°49′56″W / 33.64917°N 85.83222°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Anniston | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 10 short and 5 long term spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Wheelchair lift | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak code: ATN | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1926[2] | ||||||||||
| Original company | Southern Railway | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
5,085[3]  2.2% | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Anniston is an Amtrak train station at 126 West 4th Street in Anniston, Alabama. It is served by the Crescent passenger train. The station was originally operated by the Southern Railway, and was one of the last railroad-operated active passenger stations in the country, as the Southern Crescent (predecessor to the current Amtrak train) was still operated by the Southern well into the Amtrak era.
In 2008, the city completed a full rehabilitation of the classical revival depot, primarily using funds obtained through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Enhancements (TE) program.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Anniston, AL (ATN)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved December 2015.
After purchasing the classically-inspired depot from Norfolk Southern Railway, Anniston renovated it to serve as a busy intermodal center
- ↑ "L. L. Pond, Ticket Agent Here, Retires After 40 Years On Job". Anniston Star. 12 April 1953. p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Alabama" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Anniston (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak – Stations – Anniston, AL
- Anniston (ATN) -- Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Anniston Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.