Mobile station (Amtrak)

Mobile station is a closed Amtrak train station in Mobile, Alabama. Built in 1956 by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, it replaced an earlier station on the same site, not to be confused with a separate Mobile passenger train station known as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Passenger Terminal, which was located about one mile away. Until 1971 the L&N operated the New Orleans-Jacksonville, Florida Gulf Wind through the station in cooperation with the Seaboard Air Line. In previous years the company additionally operated all-coach trains that made the trip during daylight hours for most of the route.[3]

Mobile
Location	11 Government Street Mobile, AL 36602
Coordinates	30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
Line(s)	Sunset Limited
Other information
Station code	MOE
History
Opened	October 29, 1989[1]
Closed	April 30, 1971 (Louisville and Nashville Railroad)[1] August 28, 2005 (service suspended)[2]
Passengers
2007	0  0%
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Pascagoula toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited (1993–2005) Atmore toward Orlando or Miami Terminus Gulf Breeze Atmore toward Birmingham Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Choctaw toward New Orleans Main Line Hurricane toward Cincinnati

Amtrak continued serving the station when it took over the railroad in 1971. Mobile station was a stop on the Sunset Limited line, and was also the southern terminus of the Gulf Breeze train from 1989 to 1995.[4][5] In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the station and Amtrak discontinued the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans. In 2006, CSX sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007. The site plan provides for a future station nearby. Amtrak announced in 2016 that plans for a return of the Sunset Limited were under consideration.