Charleston, South Carolina (Amtrak station)
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| Address | 4565 Gaynor Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405 |
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| Coordinates | 32°52′29″N 79°59′53″W / 32.87472°N 79.99806°WCoordinates: 32°52′29″N 79°59′53″W / 32.87472°N 79.99806°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | CHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | CSX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 81,180[1]  1.7% |
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The Charleston Amtrak station is a train station located in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The North Charleston station was originally built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1956, after a fire destroyed Charleston Union Station in 1947.[2]
The station is planned to be replaced by a new intermodal station, the North Charleston Intermodal Transportation Center, located west of the current facility, near the Charleston International Airport. Construction began in September 2007, and the project has received seven million US dollars in funding.[2]
Of the 11 South Carolina stations served by Amtrak, Charleston was the busiest in FY2011, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 222 passengers daily.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/SOUTHCAROLINA11.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ a b "North Charleston Intermodal Station Gains Funding". Great American Stations (Amtrak). http://www.greatamericanstations.com/station-news/north-charleston-intermodal-station. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
