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
Location	506 Carrollton Avenue Greenwood, MS 38930 United States
Coordinates	33°31′01″N 90°10′35″W
Line(s)	Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Red brick, two-story building
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: GWD
History
Opened	1917
Rebuilt	September 11, 1995[1]
Passengers
2013	15,730[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.

External links

• Greenwood, MS – Amtrak
• Greenwood Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Greenwood, MS (GWD) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)