Style: | Amtrak |
Gulfport, MS | |
Address: | 1419 27th Avenue Gulfport, Mississippi |
Coordinates: | 30.3688°N -89.095°W |
Line: | CSX NO&M Subdivision |
Other: | Coast Transit Authority |
Platform: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Passengers: | 0 |
Pass Year: | 2007 |
Pass Percent: | 0 |
Opened: | 1984 (Amtrak) March 31, 1993 |
Closed: | 1971 (L&N)<br />1985 (Amtrak) August 28, 2005 (service suspended)[1] |
Status: | Closed |
Code: | GUF |
Other Services2 Header: | Future services |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
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).[2] The Louisville & Nashville also operated the southern leg of the Crescent and Piedmont Limited through the station under contract to the Southern Railway).[3]
Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station.[4] [5] The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993 in service on the Sunset Limited.[6]
In 1986, the depot was designated a Mississippi Landmark by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.[7] The building serves as the Gulfport Centennial Museum. It is also a contributing property of the Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District.[8] Train service has been suspended since Hurricane Katrina struck Gulfport in 2005.[9]
In anticipation of a new service between New Orleans and Mobile, Amtrak installed new station signs in 2023.[10]