Gainesville station (Georgia) explained

Style:Amtrak
Gainesville, GA
Address:116 Industrial Boulevard
Borough:Gainesville, Georgia
Country:United States
Coordinates:34.2888°N -83.8197°W
Line:NS Greenville District
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Structure:At-grade
Parking:Yes; free
Accessible:Yes
Opened:1910
Status:Unstaffed
Owned:Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Original:Southern Railway
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes

Gainesville station is a train station in Gainesville, Georgia, that is currently served by Amtrak's Crescent. The station was also known as the Gainesville Southern Railway Depot.

Constructed for the Southern Railway in 1910, the red brick station was built to replace an earlier depot damaged by a tornado in 1903.[1] Norfolk Southern, successor of Southern Railway, uses most of the building as office space. The passenger waiting area is open for an hour before and an hour after trains arrive. The station is currently also used by a local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gainesville, GA (GNS). Great American Stations. March 18, 2013.
  2. Web site: Aerie Locations within 50 miles of Gainesville, GA, USA. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531030525/http://www.foe.com/Home/AerieLocator/tabid/107/ctl/Results/mid/569/Rads/50/RV/False/Auxs/False/Default.aspx?Address=Gainesville%2c+GA%2c+USA. May 31, 2016. Fraternal Order of Eagles.