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Location | 1012 North Eastern Avenue Connersville, Indiana United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°38′46″N85°08′00″W / 39.6460°N 85.1332°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX Indianapolis Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: COI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1914 October 29, 1990 (Amtrak) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 607 [2] 4.12% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 528 [3] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connersville station is an Amtrak station in Connersville, Indiana, served by the Cardinal . The original station was built in 1914 by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad and is adjacent to the currently-used shelter station. [4]
Amtrak train 51, the westbound Cardinal, is scheduled to depart Connersville at 3:36 a.m. on Monday, Thursday and Saturday with a service to Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, Lafayette, Rensselaer, Dyer and Chicago Union Station.
Amtrak train 50, the eastbound Cardinal, is scheduled to depart Connersville at 1:31 a.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with a service to Cincinnati, Maysville, South Portsmouth, Ashland, Huntington, Charleston, Montgomery, Thurmond, Prince, Hinton, Alderson, White Sulphur Springs, Clifton Forge, Staunton, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Manassas, Alexandria, Washington Union Station, and continuing to New York City.
Connersville is a city in Fayette County, Indiana, United States, 66 miles (106 km) east by southeast of Indianapolis. The population was 13,324 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated town in Fayette County. The city is in the center of a large rural area of east central Indiana; the nearest significant city is Richmond, 26 miles (42 km) to the northeast by road. Connersville is home to the county's only high school. The local economy relies on manufacturing, retail, and healthcare to sustain itself. However, there has been a consistent decline in both employment and population since the 1960s, placing it among the least affluent areas in the state, as indicated by measures such as median household income and other economic indicators.
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