Maysville station

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Maysville, KY
Maysville Kentucky Amtrak Station from west (cropped).jpg
The station as viewed from the west, with the Ohio River and Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in background at right.
General information
LocationWest Front Street & Rosemary Clooney Street
Maysville, Kentucky
United States
Coordinates 38°39′08″N83°46′16″W / 38.6523°N 83.7710°W / 38.6523; -83.7710
Line(s) CSX Cincinnati Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections Bus-logo.svg Maysville City Transit
Other information
Station code Amtrak: MAY
History
Opened1918
Closed1968 [1]
RebuiltJune 12, 1977 (Amtrak) [1]
Passengers
FY 20221,527 [2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Cincinnati
toward Chicago
Cardinal South Portsmouth–South Shore
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Cincinnati (River Road)
Closed 1991
toward Chicago
Cardinal South Portsmouth–South Shore
toward New York
Cincinnati (River Road)
toward Chicago
James Whitcomb Riley
1977
South Portsmouth
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
South Ripley
toward Cincinnati
Main Line Vanceburg

Maysville station is a train station in Maysville, Kentucky, serving Amtrak, the United States' national passenger rail service. It was built around 1918 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the Georgian style. [3] It stands at the corner of West Front Street and Rosemary Clooney Street. It serves Amtrak's Cardinal trains 50 and 51, and has no station agent or station services. The tracks, once owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, are owned by CSX Transportation.

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References

  1. 1 2 Hoskins, Ken (June 12, 1977). "The Train Starts Stopping Again in Maysville Today". The Courier-Journal. pp. 1-2 . Retrieved October 30, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Kentucky" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. Maysville (MAY)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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