Gulfport station

{{Short description|Closed Amtrak intercity train station in Gulfport, Mississippi}}

{{For|the station in New York|Gulfport (Staten Island Railway station)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Gulfport, MS

| image = GulfportRailroadDepot 2012.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Union Station in 2012

| address = 1419 27th Avenue
Gulfport, Mississippi

| coordinates = {{coord|30.3688|-89.0950|type:railwaystation_region:US-MS|display=inline,title}}

| line = CSX NO&M Subdivision

| other = {{bus icon}} Coast Transit Authority

| platform = 1 side platform

| tracks = 2

| parking =

| bicycle =

| passengers = 0

| pass_year = 2007

| pass_percent = 0

| opened = 1984 (Amtrak)
March 31, 1993

| closed = 1971 (L&N)
1985 (Amtrak)
August 28, 2005 (service suspended){{cite news |title=Trains |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63736829/sunset-limited-august-29-2005/ |accessdate=November 21, 2020 |work=The Tallahassee Democrat |date=August 29, 2005 |page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}

| rebuilt =

| accessible =

| status = Closed

| code = GUF

| owned =

| zone =

| other_services2_header = Future services

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Mardi Gras Service|left=Bay St. Louis|right=Biloxi}}

| other_services_header=Former services

| other_services_collapsible=yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Sunset Limited|left1=Bay St. Louis|right1=Biloxi|type=East|note-mid=(1993–2005)

|line2=Gulf Coast Limited|left2=Bay St. Louis|right2=Biloxi|note-mid2=(1984–1985, 1996–1997)

|system3=Illinois Central Railroad

|line3=G&SIRR|left3=Landon

|system6=Louisville and Nashville Railroad

|line6=Main Line|left6=Pass Christian|right6=Mississippi City}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = rail

| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Gulfport station is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Gulfport is a former union station that served the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (which was succeeded by the Illinois Central Railroad).

Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized their station included the Gulf Wind (New Orleans–Jacksonville), Pan-American (New Orleans–Cincinnati) and Humming Bird (New Orleans–Cincinnati), as well as an additional unnamed day train (New Orleans–Jacksonville).{{cite web |title=Louisville and Nashville timetable, Tables A, C, D, F |date=December 18, 1965 |url=https://streamlinermemories.info/South/L&N65TT.pdf}} The Louisville & Nashville also operated the southern leg of the Crescent and Piedmont Limited through the station under contract to the Southern Railway).Southern Railway timetable, July 30, 1952, Tables A, B https://streamlinermemories.info/South/SOU52TT.pdf

Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.{{cite web | url=http://www.southernhsr.org/History.htm | title=History | publisher=Southern High-Speed Rail Commission | first=Todd | last=Stennis | access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316012535/http://www.southernhsr.org/History.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2012}}{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61900155/hattiesburg-american/| title='Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended| newspaper=Hattiesburg American| date=September 16, 1984| page=22| via=Newspapers.com}} The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993 in service on the Sunset Limited.{{cite news |last1=Wagster |first1=Emily |title=All Aboard! Sunset Limited on a Roll |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63734098/sunset-limited-april-1-1993/ |accessdate=November 21, 2020 |work=The Clarion-Ledger |date=April 1, 1993 |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63734176/sunset-limited-part-2-april-1-1993/ A11]|via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1986, the depot was designated a Mississippi Landmark by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.{{cite web| url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf| title=Listing of Mississippi Landmarks, (Updated, June 2002)| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009033103/http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf| archivedate=2010-10-09}} The building serves as the Gulfport Centennial Museum. It is also a contributing property of the Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District.{{Cite web| url=http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/dist/220.pdf| title=Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form| date=September 12, 2011| access-date=2019-01-27}} Train service has been suspended since Hurricane Katrina struck Gulfport in 2005.{{Cite news| url=https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_a7507a22-764c-11e8-be7a-f7f6f27c7ceb.html| title=Alabama, Mississippi refuse to pledge money to resume Amtrak, create New Orleans route| agency=Associated Press| date=June 22, 2018| website=The Advocate| language=en| access-date=2019-01-27}}

In anticipation of a new service between New Orleans and Mobile, Amtrak installed new station signs in 2023.{{cite news |title=Amtrak making progress in returning to Gulf Coast |url=https://www.wdam.com/2023/02/04/amtrak-making-progress-returning-gulf-coast/ |access-date=4 February 2023 |agency=WDAM7 |publisher=WLOX |date=4 February 2023}} Service will return to Gulfport with the establishment of the Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama in the summer of 2025.{{cite press release|url=https://media.amtrak.com/2025/04/introducing-amtrak-mardi-gras-service-twice-daily-between-new-orleans-and-mobile-via-coastal-mississippi/|title=Introducing Amtrak Mardi Gras Service twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile via Coastal Mississippi|work=Amtrak|author=Magliari, Marc|date=April 24, 2025|access-date=April 25, 2025|location=Washington D.C.}}

File:Gulfport Union Station.jpg

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