Birmingham, Alabama (Amtrak station)

Birmingham
The Crescent, train 20, leaves Birmingham.
Station statistics
Address	1819 Morris Avenue Birmingham, AL
Coordinates	33°30′46″N 86°48′25″W
Lines	Crescent
Platforms	2, 1 used by Amtrak currently
Tracks	2
Parking	30 short term on site, Long Term located half block away.
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Opened	1933
Rebuilt	1960 & 1975
Accessible
Code	BHM
Owned by	CSX
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	48,196  6.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Tuscaloosa toward New Orleans Crescent Anniston toward New York City

The Birmingham Amtrak Station, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is served by the passenger train The Crescent. The street address is 1819 Morris Avenue, and is located in the middle of downtown fronting the railroad reservation. It features a small waiting room and an elevated platforms constructed above the station between 17th and 20th Streets. The station occupies a portion of what originally was the baggage and express portion of the 1896 Birmingham Passenger Station (this area built in the 1930s as part of the Grade Separation Project by the City of Birmingham, Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railroad). In the early 1960s the Louisville and Nashville Railroad built its last new passenger station at this address. This station featured large airy waiting rooms, lunch counters and large restrooms. This station was used by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad until April 30, 1971, when Amtrak assumed the operation of the South Wind, which operated from Chicago to Florida via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Montgomery, Jacksonville, Orlando and split into two trains with end points of Miami and St. Peterburg, Fl. Amtrak later renamed this train the Floridian. On February 1, 1979, the Floridian began sharing this station with the "Amtrak Crescent" after the Southern Railway joined Amtrak and discontinued its train the "Southern Crescent". The Floridian was discontinued on October 8, 1979. The state of Alabama contracted with Amtrak to run the "Gulf Breeze" as a section of the "Crescent" from Birmingham to Mobile from 1989 until 1995.

The City of Birmingham plans to build a new multimodal station at the site of the 1960s Louiville and Nashville station. It will connect to the current station which will be reconfigured for access to the platforms.

See also

• Birmingham Terminal Station a separate passenger station in use from 1909 until it was demolished in 1969. A small Birmingham Terminal Station was built and used until February 1, 1979.

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Birmingham, AL
• Birmingham Amtrak/L&N Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)