Biloxi station

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Biloxi, MS
Biloxi Mississippi Amtrak station.jpeg
The platform at Biloxi in 2001, looking west.
General information
Location860 Esters Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi
Coordinates 30°23′56″N88°53′29″W / 30.3989°N 88.8915°W / 30.3989; -88.8915
Line(s) CSX NO&M Subdivision
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Coast Transit Authority
Aiga bus trans.svg Greyhound Lines
Other information
Station code Amtrak: BIX
History
OpenedApril 29, 1984
March 31, 1993
August 18, 2025
ClosedJanuary 6, 1985
August 28, 2005 [1]
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Gulfport
toward New Orleans
Mardi Gras Service Pascagoula
toward Mobile
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Gulfport
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
(1993–2005)
 Pascagoula
toward Orlando or Miami
Gulfport
toward New Orleans
Gulf Coast Limited
(1984–1985, 1996–1997)
 Pascagoula
toward Mobile
Location
Biloxi station

Biloxi station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Biloxi, Mississippi. There is no station building; there is only a covered platform. The station is across the street from the Biloxi Transit Center, which serves Coast Transit Authority and Greyhound buses.

Contents

Amtrak service to Biloxi began with the Gulf Coast Limited , which operated between 1984 and 1985. [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 Biloxi. Service to Biloxi returned with the establishment of the Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama on August 18, 2025. [5]

Prior station

Louisville & Nashville 1954 timetable, showing several daily trains stopping in Biloxi; these trains continued into the late 1960s. Southern one-third L&N main line.png
Louisville & Nashville 1954 timetable, showing several daily trains stopping in Biloxi; these trains continued into the late 1960s.

Into the late 1960s, at another Biloxi station, the Louisville & Nashville operated the daily trains, 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). [6] Additionally, the Southern Railway operated the Crescent and Piedmont Limited (both: New Orleans–New York) through that station. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trains". The Tallahassee Democrat . August 29, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Stennis, Todd. "History". Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ "'Gulf Coast Limited' operation extended". Hattiesburg American. September 16, 1984. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Wagster, Emily (April 1, 1993). "All Aboard! Sunset Limited on a Roll". The Clarion-Ledger . pp. A1, A11 . Retrieved November 21, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Magliari, Marc (April 24, 2025). "Introducing Amtrak Mardi Gras Service twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile via Coastal Mississippi". Amtrak (Press release). Washington D.C. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ Louisville and Nashville timetable, December 18, 1965, Tables A, C, D, F https://streamlinermemories.info/South/L&N65TT.pdf
  7. ↑ Southern Railway timetable, July 30, 1952, Tables A, B https://streamlinermemories.info/South/SOU52TT.pdf

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