Godbold Transportation Center

Godbold Transportation Center
Location 440 North Railroad Avenue
Brookhaven, MS 39601
United States
Coordinates 31°34′59″N 90°26′28″W / 31.58306°N 90.44111°W / 31.58306; -90.44111Coordinates: 31°34′59″N 90°26′28″W / 31.58306°N 90.44111°W / 31.58306; -90.44111
Owned by City of Brookhaven
Line(s) Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: BRH
History
Opened 1907 (Union Station)
2011 (Transportation Center)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 5,172[1] Decrease 0.1% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Illinois Central
Bogue Chitto
toward New Orleans
Main Line
Wesson
Location
Godbold Transportation Center
Location within Mississippi

The Godbold Transportation Center is a train station in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States, served by Amtrak's City of New Orleans passenger train.

The facility is located in the town's old power plant, originally constructed in 1890. Renovation plans called for partial demolition of the power plant, but the soaring smokestack was retained as a symbol of the building's industrial heritage. Large expanses of glass on the principal elevations allow natural light to flood the waiting room. The wooden benches used by passengers were once located in the old Illinois Central depot.[2]

History

Postcard of the former Brookhaven Union Station built by Illinois Central Railroad, now a military museum

Brookhaven was a hub between the Illinois Central (formerly the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern), the Brookhaven and Pearl River Railroad, the Mississippi Central, and the Meridian, Brookhaven, and Natchez Railroad. In 1907, Illinois Central constructed the Union Station and freight house in downtown Brookhaven. Designed by F. D. Chase, the Tudor-revival brick building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2]

The old station building, located at 125 South Whitworth Avenue,(31°34′44″N 90°26′35″W / 31.57889°N 90.44306°W / 31.57889; -90.44306) is now occupied by the Military Memorial Museum.[3]

Godbold Transportation Center, named after a former Brookhaven Mayor Bill Godbold,[4] opened in 2011. This replaced a small shelter beside the old depot building that had been used by Amtrak.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Brookhaven Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Museums and Points Of Interest". About Brookhaven. Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved December 2015. Military Memorial Museum (old railroad depot) South Whitworth Avenue. Photos, artifacts and personal items of area veterans; plus displays of military equipment dating back to WWI.
  4. ↑ "Former Brookhaven mayor dies". Archives. Hattiesburg American. 12 September 2010. Retrieved December 2015. One of Godbold's last projects was the city's multi- modal transportation facility, which is still being built. Current Mayor Les Bumgarner says the facility is named for the Godbold family

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