Greenwood station (Mississippi)

Greenwood 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 & 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]

Greenwood, MS
Location506 Carrollton Avenue
Greenwood, MS 38930
United States
Coordinates33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W
Line(s)Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeRed brick, two-story building
Other information
Station codeAmtrak code: GWD
History
Opened1917
RebuiltSeptember 11, 1995[1]
Passengers
201315,730[2]  0.5%
Services
Preceding station 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
toward Lake Cormorant
 Lake Cormorant – Greenwood Terminus
Terminus Greenwood – Grenada Grenada Junction
toward Grenada
Location
Greenwood, MS
Location within Mississippi

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.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Mississippi" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. "Greenwood Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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