Union Station (Jackson, Mississippi)

{{Short description|Intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi}}

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| name = Union Station

| style = Amtrak

| image = NEW ORLEANS GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD PASSENGER DEPOT, HINDS COUNTY, MS.jpg

| caption = Train station building as seen from Capitol Street

| address = 300 West Capitol Street

| borough = Jackson, Mississippi

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|32|18|04|N|90|11|28|W|region:US-MS|display=inline,title}}

| owned = City of Jackson

| line = Illinois Central (CN)

| platforms = 1 side platform in use
3 island platforms disused

| tracks = 1 passenger (6 freight)

| train_operators = Amtrak

| bus_stands = 11 JATRAN
10 Greyhound

| bus_operators = Jackson Transit System
Greyhound Lines

| bus_routes =

| connections =

| parking = 10 short and 73 long term spaces

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|JAN}}

| opened = 1927

| closed =

| rebuilt = 2003–2004

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=City of New Orleans|left=Hazlehurst|right=Yazoo City}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system2=Illinois Central Railroad

|line2=main|left2=Elton|right2=Northview

|line3=Clarksdale-Jackson|right3=Asylum

|line4=Vicksburg Route Division|left4=Clinton|right4=Pearson

|line5=Natchez-Jackson|left5=Van Winkle

|line6=G&SIRR|right6=Lakeland

}}

| other_services2_header = Proposed services

| other_services2_collapsible = yes

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Crescent|left= Vicksburg|right=Meridian|to-left=Fort Worth|note-mid=Proposed Texas Section}}

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Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak's City of New Orleans and later proposed Crescent Texas section rail line, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus station.{{cite web |url= http://www.jatran.com/ |title= Jatran.com |year= 2013 |website= jatran.com |publisher= JATRAN |access-date=December 4, 2013}}

History

Train service first came to Jackson, Mississippi in 1840, when the Clinton and Vicksburg Railway established a connection. The city became a more prominent rail hub after the American Civil War as a stop for what eventually became the Illinois Central Railroad. The modern Georgian Revival station was built in 1927 by Illinois Central when the rail lines were rebuilt through downtown.{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Mississippi|publisher= Amtrak |date= November 2017 |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/MISSISSIPPI17.pdf |access-date= 29 December 2017}}

= Passenger trains served in past =

The Illinois Central operated trains to these endpoints through the station:

Chicago and New Orleans (including City of New Orleans and the all-Pullman Panama Limited and others)January 1950 Illinois Central timetable, Tables A, B, D and F
Chicago and Gulfport, Mississippi
Shreveport, Louisiana and Meridian, Mississippi (Southwestern Limited)

The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway operated trains in cooperation with the Southern Railway and Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway to these endpoints:

Shreveport and Atlanta[https://streamlinermemories.info/South/SRR25-6TT.pdf Southern Railway timetable, 28 June 1925, Table 87 (page 56)]
Shreveport and Louisville
Shreveport and Cincinnati

= Revival =

After years of disuse, in 2003 the City of Jackson purchased the building from the Canadian National Railway, the successor to Illinois Central, with the intention of turning it into a multimodal hub named Union Station. The city undertook a $20 million renovation funded by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Jackson Redevelopment Authority; Dale and Associates were chosen as architects. The city converted the building into the Jackson Transit System's primary bus station and added facilities for Greyhound Lines. The former freighthouse was converted for use by Amtrak, and other areas of the building were redesigned for commercial use. Dale and Associates received a 2005 Mississippi AIA Merit Award for the completed project. It is listed as a Mississippi Landmark.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station)}}

[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/jacksonms.htm Jackson Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]

Category:Amtrak stations in Mississippi

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1927

Category:Former Illinois Central Railroad stations

Jackson, Mississippi

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