Clemson station
Clemson | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Calhoun Memorial Highway and College Avenue Clemson, SC | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°41′28″N 82°49′57″W / 34.6910°N 82.8325°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | City of Clemson | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Connections | Clemson Area Transit | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | CSN | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2013 | 5,597[1] 3.6% | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Clemson is a train station in Clemson, South Carolina. It is served by the Crescent passenger train of Amtrak, the national passenger rail service. The station sits on the corner of Calhoun Memorial Highway and College Avenue in the heart of downtown Clemson. Clemson is situated on one of the nation's emerging high-speed rail corridors, known as the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor or SEHSR.
The station was originally erected by the Southern Railway in 1916. In the early 1960s, R.C. Edwards, then Clemson University president, convinced D.W. Brosnan, president of the Southern at the time, to prefer Clemson over Seneca as the main station for the area. On January 31, 1979, the Southern discontinued passenger service, turning operations of the Crescent over to Amtrak. In 2016 the station closed for construction on a nearby intersection. There is no completion date known. [2]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ Clarke Burns, Amy. "Q&Amy: Clemson Amtrak service to be interrupted". Greenville Online. Greenville Online. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links
- Buildings and structures in Pickens County, South Carolina
- Amtrak stations in South Carolina
- Stations along Southern Railway lines in the United States
- Transportation in Pickens County, South Carolina
- Clemson, South Carolina
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- South Carolina building and structure stubs
- South Carolina transportation stubs