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(Redirected from Greenwood (Amtrak station)) Train station in Greenwood, Mississippi, US
Greenwood, MS
General information
Location506 Carrollton Avenue
Greenwood, Mississippi
United States
Coordinates33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639
Line(s)Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeRed brick, two-story building
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: GWD
History
Opened1917
RebuiltSeptember 11, 1995
Passengers
FY 202312,964 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Yazoo Citytoward New Orleans City of New Orleans Markstoward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Rising Suntoward Jackson Clarksdale – Jackson Grenada Junctiontoward Clarksdale
Grenada Junctiontoward Lake Cormorant Lake Cormorant – Greenwood Terminus
Terminus Greenwood – Grenada Grenada Junctiontoward Grenada
Location

Greenwood station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. It is a stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans line. The red brick depot was built around 1917 by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is located in Greenwood's Railroad Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

  1. Zimmer, Josh (September 12, 1995). "Back on Track in Yazoo City". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  3. "Greenwood, MS (GWD)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

External links

Amtrak stations in Mississippi
Active stations
Suspended stations
Former stations
  • Batesville
  • Canton
  • Durant
  • Grenada
  • Poplarville
  • Purvis
  • Winona
Greenwood, Mississippi
Education
Transportation
Media
Landmarks
Greenwood PSD merged into Greenwood-Leflore CSD effective July 1, 2019.
(*) Pillow Academy is in an unincorporated area near Greenwood and is not in the city limits.
(**) The main campus is not in Greenwood, but Greeenwood is within its service area


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