Hamlet station

Hamlet is an Amtrak train station in Hamlet, North Carolina, United States. The station is located within the Main Street Commercial Historic District and is in walking distance to the National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame.

Hamlet, NC
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Hamlet Depot after complete restoration and renovation in 2004
Location2 West Main Street, Hamlet NC 28345
Coordinates34°53′01.7″N 79°41′56.6″W
Owned byCity of Hamlet
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes; free
Disabled accessYes
Architectural styleVictorian Queen Anne
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeHAM (Amtrak)
Websitewww.hamlethistoricdepot.org
History
Opened1900
Rebuilt2002–2004
Original companySeaboard Air Line Railroad
Passengers
FY20184,005[1][2]  9.26%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Camden
toward Miami
 Silver Star Southern Pines
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Kollocks
toward Tampa or Miami
 Main Line Marston
toward Richmond
Gibson
toward Savannah
 East Carolina Line Terminus
Rockingham
toward Rutherfordton
 Carolina Central Railway Laurinburg
toward Wilmington
Official nameSeaboard Air Line Passenger Depot
DesignatedNovember 19, 1971
Reference no.71000617[3]

History

Hamlet Station was originally built in 1900 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as both a passenger station and a division headquarters.[4] It was originally called the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1971.[3] Between 2001 and 2004 the entire Queen Anne-style station house was moved across a set of tracks for safety, and converted into a museum by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.[5]

Services

The station, operated by Amtrak, provides inter-city rail service via the Silver Star. The facility is open daily at 5:30am-7:00am and at 10:30pm-12:30am; it includes a Quik-Trak kiosk, waiting area and restrooms. No baggage service is available at this station.[6]

Hamlet Depot & Museums

Located inside the depot building, the museum showcases the history of both the Seaboard Railroad and the City of Hamlet, which includes hands-on exhibits, visual displays and interactive consoles. It also features a scaled model railroad display depicting Hamlet in the early 1950s.

References
  1. "Hamlet, NC (HAM)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of North Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  3. "National Register Information System – Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot (#71000617)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. King, Linwood, III; Wyatt, Sherry Joines (2005). "Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot (Additional Documentation)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. "Hamlet Station". NCDOT. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  6. "Hamlet, North Carolina Train Station (HAM)". Amtrak. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot, c. 1915
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