Greenwood station (Mississippi)

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Greenwood, MS
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General information
Location506 Carrollton Avenue
Greenwood, Mississippi
United States
Coordinates 33°31′01″N90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639 Coordinates: 33°31′01″N90°10′35″W / 33.51694°N 90.17639°W / 33.51694; -90.17639
Line(s) Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeRed brick, two-story building
Other information
Station code Amtrak: GWD
History
Opened1917
RebuiltSeptember 11, 1995 [1]
Passengers
FY 202112,306 [2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Yazoo City
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans Marks
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Rising Sun
toward Jackson
Clarksdale  Jackson Grenada Junction
toward Clarksdale
Grenada Junction Lake Cormorant  Greenwood Terminus
Terminus Greenwood  Grenada Grenada Junction
toward Grenada
Location
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Greenwood, MS
Location within Mississippi

Greenwood station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. It is a stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans line. The red brick depot was built around 1917 by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is located in Greenwood's Railroad Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [3]

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References

  1. Zimmer, Josh (September 12, 1995). "Back on Track in Yazoo City". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2020 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. "Greenwood, MS (GWD)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 2023-04-28.