Charleston, South Carolina (Amtrak station)

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North Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina Amtrak.jpg
Station statistics
Address 4565 Gaynor Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
Coordinates 32°52′29″N 79°59′53″W / 32.87472°N 79.99806°W / 32.87472; -79.99806Coordinates: 32°52′29″N 79°59′53″W / 32.87472°N 79.99806°W / 32.87472; -79.99806
Lines
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1956
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code CHS
Owned by CSX
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 84,956[1] Increase 4.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Savannah
Palmetto
toward Miami
Silver Meteor
    Former services    
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Main Line

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]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012. 
  2. ^ a b "North Charleston Intermodal Station Gains Funding". Great American Stations (Amtrak). Retrieved 16 October 2010. 

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