Gulfport station

Gulfport

Union Station in 2012
Location 1419 27th Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
Coordinates 30°22′08″N 89°05′42″W / 30.3688°N 89.0950°W / 30.3688; -89.0950Coordinates: 30°22′08″N 89°05′42″W / 30.3688°N 89.0950°W / 30.3688; -89.0950
Line(s)
  Sunset Limited
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections Coast Transit Authority
Other information
Station code GUF
History
Closed 2005
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 0 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
service suspended
toward Orlando
Illinois Central
Landon
toward Jackson
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Main Line		Terminus

Gulfport is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Gulfport is a former union station that served the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Today it operates as the Gulfport Centennial Museum, and is listed on the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History.[1] It is also a contributing property of the Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District. Train service has been suspended since Hurricane Katrina struck Gulfport in 2005.

References

  1. ↑ Listing of Mississippi Landmarks, (Updated, June 2002)
Postcard of Gulfport station in early 1900s


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