Maysville station

Maysville is a train station in Maysville, Kentucky, serving Amtrak, the United States' national passenger rail service. It was built around 1918 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the Georgian style.[3] It stands at the corner of West Front Street and Rosemary Clooney Street. It serves Amtrak's Cardinal trains 50 and 51, and has no station agent or station services. The tracks, once owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, are owned by CSX Transportation.

Maysville, KY
The station as viewed from the west, with the Ohio River and Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in background at right.
LocationWest Front Street & Rosemary Clooney Street, Maysville, Kentucky
Coordinates38.6523°N 83.7710°W / 38.6523; -83.7710
Line(s)CSX Cincinnati Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsMaysville Transit
Other information
Station codeMAY
History
Opened1918
Closed1968[1]
RebuiltJune 12, 1977 (Amtrak)[1]
Passengers
20162,309[2] 1.3%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cincinnati
toward Chicago
Cardinal South Portsmouth–South Shore
toward New York
Cincinnati (River Road)
Closed 1991
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cincinnati (River Road)
toward Chicago
James Whitcomb Riley
1977
South Portsmouth
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
South Ripley
toward Cincinnati
Main Line Vanceburg

References

  1. Hoskins, Ken (June 12, 1977). "The Train Starts Stopping Again in Maysville Today". The Courier-Journal. pp. 1-2. Retrieved October 30, 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, Commonwealth of Kentucky" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. Maysville (MAY)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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