Bay St. Louis, MS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 303 South Railroad Avenue Bay St. Louis, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°18′24″N89°20′14″W / 30.30667°N 89.33722°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX NO&M Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | BAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1929 (L&N) April 29, 1984 (Amtrak) March 31, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1971 (L&N) January 6, 1985 (Amtrak) August 28, 2005 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bay St. Louis station is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which served the Sunset Limited . The Bay St. Louis station consists of two small platforms with indoor/outdoor shelters near the former Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot, which was built in 1929, but is closed to the public.
Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized their station included the Pan-American , Gulf Wind , and Humming Bird . Into the latter 1960s the Southern Railway's Crescent and Piedmont Limited also used this station.
Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited , which operated between 1984 and 1985 and called at the station. [2] [3] The stop was reactivated on March 31, 1993, in service on the Sunset Limited. [4] Damage to the rail line resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused Amtrak to suspend service east of New Orleans, [1] including at Bay St. Louis. In anticipation of restored service, Amtrak began construction of a new Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant platform in 2022. [5]
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